Technology

Cascade Defense acquired by South Carolina company

Valley-based cybersecurity company expects to double employee count

February 25, 2021

A South Carolina company has agreed to acquire Cascade Defense LLC, a Spokane Valley-based information technology security service company. The acquirer, Green Cloud Technologies LLC, has stated it intends to double the size of the

Heart monitoring technology improves

Providers can access data remotely; cobalt technology extends battery life

February 25, 2021

Virginia Thomas

A cardiologist at MultiCare Health System's Pulse Heart Institute, in Spokane, says a new combination of existing technologies allows patients and doctors to monitor cardiac activity in real time. Dr. David Cleary says Bluetooth-enabled implantable

Photon Biosciences looks to bring heart test home

Company developed new, highly sensitive probe molecule for diagnostics

February 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

A Spokane Valley-based startup founded by two Washington State University professors is looking to develop an in-home testing kit for heart failure and blood platelet contaminations.

Beyond Boeing: INW aerospace manufacturers pursue space explorers

Efforts come as work for aircraft makers declines

February 25, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Ten days ago, little parts from Liberty Lake hurtled into Earth's orbit.

Sports Scope racks up points with streaming service

Pivot helps to salvage 2020

February 11, 2021

Kevin Blocker

When high school football is responsible for 95% of your annual sales revenue and a global pandemic halts play across most of the U.S., what do you do? Launch a new project to generate revenue, despite limits and restrictions under which games are

Startup Spokane retools, plans library partnership

GSI program to market services countywide after period of dormancy

February 11, 2021

Virginia Thomas

After a period of dormancy, StartUp Spokane is gearing up to return to action by expanding its services and partnering with Spokane Public Library.

VATA7 lights its path forward

Startup to launch two new products soon

February 11, 2021

LeAnn Bjerken

Brian Jon Garvey seems to have a knack for turning life's 'light bulb momentsâ€ into innovative business ventures. The 55-year-old former Navy frogman is the CEO and founder of VATA7 Inc., a Spokane-based startup that creates motorcycle gear

Itron, Maine utility ink new contract

Infrastructure to help lay smart grid groundwork

January 28, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. has secured a contract with Bangor, Maine-based electric utility Versant Power to upgrade the utility's metering infrastructure and network.

Tech industry jumps ahead a decade, observers say

Cybersecurity, access to be focus in 2021

December 17, 2020

Natasha Nellis

2020 marked a rapid acceleration in the technology industry, in some cases truncating what would have been a decade of adaptation into a year, and cybersecurity is one of the sectors of the industry most poised for growth in 2021, some tech industry

Itron signs big contract with utility in Northeast

Software system will help National Grid automate data collection, reporting

December 17, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. has signed a contract with East Coast utility Nation Grid to help that company with its meter reading capabilities. Based in London and doing business in three northeastern U.S. states-New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode