Uptic Studios Inc., which started with principals and founders Matthew and Julie Collins working out of their South Hill home six years ago, now is becoming a familiar name in Spokane's architectural design community. The Spokane Chapter of the America

Integrus Architecture PS, of Spokane, is keeping a strong focus on public works projects, particularly those for higher education facilities. The firm is looking to build on its design expertise even as it faces a shortage of skilled architects to add to

Prominent Spokane-based civil engineering company Taylor Engineering Inc. will merge with Seattle-based Parametrix Inc. and will operate under the Parametrix name by the end of the month, says Mark Aronson, co-owner of Taylor Engineering. Taylor Engineer

Spokane-based Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest is reducing its waste stream through its outlet and salvage center that so far has cut its disposal bills by more than a third. In 2015, the outlet center's second full year of operation, Goodwi

Spokane Valley-based Sunshine Disposal & Recycling has more than doubled its workforce in just a little more than a decade as the company continues to expand services across the Inland Northwest, says company president Marc Torre. Sunshine had 45 employe

Spokane-based energy and sustainability management service provider Ecova Inc. has expanded its services to include European markets, through its parent company ENGIE. Along with its European expansion, company officials say it's continuing to invest

Sandy Davidson, administrator at Pine Ridge Alzheimer's Special Care Center in Spokane Valley, says a key part of caring for patients there involves learning about their histories so as to be able to help them recall and share past memories.

For the past six years, senior move management company Smooth Transitions of the Inland Northwest LLC has been helping seniors to make some of life's hardest transitions. Owner DeAnne Wilfong says her company completes up to 52 moves each year, offerin

As of last week Rockwood Retirement Communities representatives felt they were within days of obtaining occupancy permits to begin moving residents into the second through fourth floors of the new $51 million, 11-story Summit Tower on the Rockwood South H

Senior caregiver Judy Cornish realized a few years ago that her dementia patients relaxed more if she chatted with them regularly about what was happening. Her friendly bantering used intentional words giving clients needed information to offset their l