Key Tronic Corp., the Spokane-based manufacturer of computer keyboards and other advanced-input and engineered devices, says revenue generated by its non-keyboard contract design and manufacturing (CDM) business now accounts for almost half of the

First Savings Bank of Washington, a subsidiary of Walla Walla, Wash.-based First Washington Bancorp Inc., is seeking permission to open a branch in the Spokane Valley.First Savings has applied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to open the A

A 57,000-square-foot, office-and-warehouse building is being proposed in the Spokane Valley for Parrott Mechanical Inc., a Coeur dAlene-based heating and air-conditioning contractor, Spokane County records say.The proposed building would be at

Visiontec LLC, a Spokane contract manufacturer, plans to more than quadruple the amount of space it has for its operations by moving into a former Rosauers supermarket building, at 10920 E. Sprague, which Visiontec recently leased. Rick Hansen,

POST FALLSRob Elder glances out the window of his Hot Rod Caf here and points to a truck hauling a vintage Ford Thunderbird thats pulling into the restaurants parking lot. See that T-bird? he asks, then grins. We get this all the to

Northern Technologies Inc., a Liberty Lake-based manufacturer of electrical-surge-suppression devices, has been acquired as part of a larger transaction, sparking some big expansion plans here.Within the next 16 months, Northern Technologies to

Kootenai Medical Center recently received a gift valued at $960,000 when its partners in North Idaho Behavioral Health gave their share of that psychiatric treatment and behavioral health business to the Coeur dAlene hospital.Jack Yuditsky and

Focus 21, Spokanes five-year economic-development fund, is about halfway through its campaign to create 10,000 good-paying jobs in the Spokane area by 2002, and the groups leaders believe its on track to accomplish that goal.In its annual

A California development company has applied to Spokane County for a permit to build a Walgreens Pharmacy at the southwest corner of Division Street and Cascade Way at the site of the former Matties Restaurant & Bakery.The company, Browman of

Spokane auto dealership co-owners Chris Marr and Ray Kish have expanded their business affiliations here, which Marr says could result in some operating efficiencies and new marketing strategies.He says he has bought from Kish a 40 percent in of