Next IT Corp., the young Spokane company that develops artificial intelligence technologies for government, commercial, and educational uses, has nearly doubled its work force in the past year, to 50, and has tripled its revenues, says CEO Fred 70

Spokane Valley-based fuel-cell maker ReliOn Inc. quadrupled its sales volume in 2005 and is on track to grow at that same aggressive rate this year. In the not-too-distant future, the company, which uses its fuel-cell technology to make backup

Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank is expanding its correspondent banking department, which lends money to other banks and provides services to them.Sterling recently opened the departments third office, in Portland, says Sid Bennett, a vice

Soon, more Spokane-area businesses will be able to deposit checks into their bank accounts without making a visit to a bank branch. Some Spokane-based banks are ramping up a service the banking industry generally refers to as remote deposit can

Delta Angel Group, a nonprofit alliance formed here three years ago to bring together early-stage, mostly technology-oriented companies with private investors, is making gains in its efforts to stimulate business growth here, says Norm Leatha, its

Women with waistlines of 35 inches or more are at greater risk of heart disease than thinner women, according to a new study by researchers at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia and Sister to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart Foundation. The study a

Patty Nixon, who worked as a registered nurse at Holy Family Hospital, of Spokane, for 35 years, loved to work with her hands. Those hands once played the violin in the Spokane Symphony, plucked harp strings, planted vegetables in her garden, a

An ovarian cancer treatment protocol that had fallen out of favor over the past 20 years is re-emerging after a recent study found that the little-used method can extend a patients life by more than a year. Thats encouraging news for of 95

Kearsley Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to construct a three-story, about 71,000-square-foot business and social science building at Spokane Falls Community College here.Kearsleys bid for the project was about Work

Dutch Bros. Coffee LLC, a Grants Pass, Ore.-based drive-through coffee chain, says its franchisees for the Spokane market are planning to open about 10 stores here in the next few years, and will open the first of the shops this spring work is way