The Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, known for its annual trips to Washington, D.C., that enables business leaders here to lobby on defense, agricultural, and other issues, will send a second delegation there this year to focus solely on new a

Altons Tire Centers, the Spokane-based tire-sales and automotive-repair chain, plans to build a shop with 16 vehicle bays at the site of the former Longhorn Burger Stop at U.S. 2 and Hayford Road in Airway Heights. Company founder Duane Alton

Senske Lawn & Tree Care Inc., of Kennewick, Wash., has agreed to buy the former Fore Seasons Sports Dome site in Spokane Valley and plans to build a new facility there for its Spokane operation.The 4.25-acre site is located at 7115 E. Cataldo,

Avista Advantage, the Avista Corp. unit that manages utility bills for businesses with multiple sites, cut its losses sharply last year, and also built up its customer base substantially.The Spokane-based operation slashed its annual net loss 3

John and Shirley Glodt joke that theyd tell you the secret to their light, flaky pie crust, but then theyd have to kill you.Some appreciative customers, though, might fantasize that there would be worse things than being smothered to death

Two Washington State University researchers who developed a compound that may help treat patients with early-stage Alzheimers disease now are testing a compound they believe might immobilize cancer tumors and kill cancer cells.Psychologist he

World Wide Packets, the Spokane Valley-based maker of devices for fiber-optic communications, is pumping the $24.5 million in venture funding it landed recently into networkingin the social sense of the word.The company, launched by Ethernet

When the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute breaks ground this summer on its planned technology building near the rail lines just east of downtown, it will be breathing new life into a long-neglected area seen as having vast

AmericanWest Bancorp., the Spokane-based parent of AmericanWest Bank, posted solid gains in deposits and loans last year and saw its assets crest the $1 billion mark.Separately, AmericanWest plans this year to open a branch office in Post to a

When Jerry Layman first became affiliated with Farmers & Merchants Bank, he had no idea that the Spokane institution one day would have $305 million in assetsor about $297 million more than when he began doing legal work for the bank.Layman,