Technology

Ignite Northwest selects first class here

Young companies' CEOs to start session this month

August 13, 2015

Ignite Northwest, the nonprofit business accelerator that recently formed here to help young tech companies overcome early startup challenges, has selected 10 Inland Northwest companies to be a part of its inaugural class that's scheduled to start Aug.

Salescreed.com founder relaunches website

Service connects freelance selling agents, businesses

July 30, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane entrepreneur Tom Parrish has relaunched a Web-based company that connects businesses with freelance salespeople. The company, SalesCreed.com, targets sales professionals looking to boost income and small-to-medium businesses wanting to sell produ

Mammograms go 3-D at Inland Imaging

Radiology practice hopes for better results, fewer false positives

July 30, 2015

Linn Parish

Inland Imaging LLC is going 3-D in its mammography imaging units, installing new breast tomosynthesis machines that it hopes will find cancer earlier and reduce false positives.

Itron delves deeper into solar energy sector

Company expands role with California-based Sunrun

July 30, 2015

Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. says it has expanded on its relationship with Sunrun Inc., one of the nation's largest solar companies. Sunrun will be purchasing more solar meter devices from Itron and relying on its staff to process data generated by th

Spark Mobility to expand into Northwest markets

'Green' bike, car rental concern already in Europe

July 16, 2015

A Spokane-based energy conservation business with five offices abroad is now looking to establish its business in major cities west of the Cascades. Katherine Frankhauser, co-owner of Spark Mobility, says the company believes there is a rental demand for

Startup involving Whitworth professor launches new app

TextMuse has preloaded content for messaging

July 16, 2015

Treva Lind

Whitworth University professor Pete Tucker, who co-founded a software development startup a year ago, says its new text messaging app called TextMuse provides smartphone users with automatic content updated daily to share as quick communication with conta

Sacred Heart tabbed as regional treatment center

Hospital here one of nine nationally to garner grants

July 2, 2015

Staff Report

The Washington state Department of Health says a five-year federal grant announced last month will help prepare Spokane's Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital to better manage patients with Ebola and other severe, highly infect

Health eXpress provides guidance via the Web

On-demand video service combines convenience, broad access

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

Through a recently expanded online program, Eastern Washington residents can obtain minor medical treatments and services without leaving their home or office.

AppleBrides.com: Wedding Blogging Bliss

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July 2, 2015

Treva Lind

Planning her own 2009 Spokane wedding from Ireland, Rachel Sandall hit an online wall. Google searches six years ago yielded two or three options for venues, without much for photos, so Sandall leaned on personal knowledge from growing up in Spokane to

Tate Technology founder, partner roll out new water softening device

Electronic treatment said environmentally friendly

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane entrepreneurs Lee Tate and Daniel Phinney say they'll begin marketing this month an electronic device they've developed that treats hard water to prevent lime-scale deposits from forming and reduces existing deposits without the use of salt, c