Spokane Valley children's dentist Joel Blake has bought the 11,000-square-foot, former Coldwell Banker Tomlinson building, at 721 N. Pines, for $1 million and says he plans a $750,000 interior remodel of the structure. Black says he expects work

The Spokane Business & Industrial Park says it recently has leased a total of more than 200,000 square feet of floor space to seven new tenants, including manufacturers and companies that serve them, and companies that need new distribution new the

Ptera Wireless Inc., the Liberty Lake-based provider of wireless broadband Internet, says it plans to expand its service footprint to areas in North Idaho it currently doesn't serve, including Coeur d'Alene, much of Post Falls, and Rathdrum.The

Investors have to wonder over the course of this year of economic and political surprises whether the stock market will finish with a roar or with a whimper.Since anything seems feasible, the predictions of experts run the gamut. The only is is

Research by a South Dakota State University scientist and his colleagues elsewhere could make it safer to transfer information over mobile devices, such as cellphones, while conserving battery power, the researchers claim.Researcher Wei Wang be

Metal theft is emerging as one of the most serious crime problems of the 21st century, a University of Indianapolis criminologist says, but its true economic and societal impact remain largely undocumented.Kevin Whiteacre, director of the Center

How much would the public be willing to pay for a government-sponsored identity theft prevention program? The answer: $87 per year. That's the finding from a four-state survey conducted by Florida State University criminologists, who report that