HAYDEN, IdahoRandy Henry wanted to change the world one golf swing at a time. The co-founder of Henry-Griffitts Inc., a 21-year-old golf club maker here, created a business to build custom golf clubs for average players who otherwise would to

A Coeur dAlene development group says it hopes to undertake about $60 million in commercial development near the new Wal-Mart store in Post Falls and the site where another Wal-Mart is proposed at Hayden, Idaho.The group, which includes Coeur

Demand for small retail spaces is picking up here, offering signs of rising business confidence following a long soft spell, commercial real estate specialists say.Some partially filled retail centers that saw new leasing activity grind almost

A Canadian company thats proposing to build a high-capacity power line from northern Alberta to Eastern Oregon says an $80 million-to-$100 million power-conversion station near Spokane would do much to optimize benefits from the line.The says

Daybreak Youth Services, a Spokane-based nonprofit that provides drug- and alcohol-abuse counseling to teens, has bought about three acres of land in Vancouver, Wash., and envisions building a new, $10 million inpatient treatment center Smith, says

For Sam Henrichs, finding customers isnt nearly as hard as finding suppliers.Thats why Henrichs, who owns Spokane sperm bank N.W. Andrology & Cyrobank Inc., gets a twinkle in his eye at the thought of opening a branch office in Pullman of a

A growing number of health-care providers here are using automated devices that recover and reinfuse blood lost by patients during surgeries.Dr. Douglas McInnis, an orthopedic surgeon at Kootenai Medical Center, one of the latest hospitals to 5

A young Post Falls company has developed an online application aimed at helping corporate boards meet federal accounting reforms that demand better financial disclosure and auditing.The tiny company, Directors Desk Corporate Governance Inc.,

Dan Mathews remembers how things were when he worked at an advertising agency before he and partner Jeff Culver started the Focus Group Inc. in 1997.Mathews recalls that the agencys creative team would have its first meeting with a client, to

George Gee Automotive has begun site work for a new Hummer dealership facility and off-road test track just east of its main, multi-dealership building in Liberty Lake.The planned 5,700-square-foot building, which is expected to cost more than