Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of meter reading technology, reported today a fourth-quarter net loss of $154.4 million, or $3.93 a diluted share, compared with net income of $16 million, or 40 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. For al

Clearwater Paper Corp., the Spokane-based maker of tissue paper and other products, reported this afternoon fourth-quarter net income of $82.7 million, or $3.87 a diluted share, up from income of $19.9 million, or 84 cents a share, in the year-earlier per

Potlatch Corp., the Spokane-based wood-products company, reported fourth-quarter net income of $13.7 million, or 34 cents a diluted share, similar to income of $13.9 million, or 34 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenues for the quarter di

MPM Technologies Inc., a 25-year-old Spokane-based provider of environmental control systems and developer of waste-to-energy technology, says it's working with Washington State University and a software consulting company to research and develop gasifi

Berg Cos., a longtime Spokane Valley-based manufacturing concern, has started a $1.2 million renovation of a large building at 6811 E. Mission and plans to consolidate its operations there, says Julie Tilleman, a Berg spokeswoman. CDA Loon LLC, a Spokane

Northwest wheat producers face a changing marketplace heading into 2014, with grain prices being pressured slightly lower because of weaker corn prices and a bountiful world wheat crop. Industry observers say the Inland Northwest's predominant soft whi