Technology

Red Lion Hotels introduces interpretation devices for guests

Mobile service translates 180 different languages

February 27, 2014

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, is piloting a mobile interpretation device at its Anaheim, Calif., property to help bridge the communication gap between hotel staff and international travelers. 'They've been using it for a couple of weeks,â€ say

Startup aims at reducing waste of medical products

Website is marketplace for users to buy, sell, trade

February 27, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane startup e-business H-Source LLC, which is promoting its website at www.h-source.com as a marketplace for hospitals and medical providers to buy, sell, and trade medicines and equipment, is pursuing funding to help it to expand the website and attr

Engineering trio launches laboratory automation venture here

Design-manufacturing company tiny, but has global aspirations

February 27, 2014

Katie Ross

Three Spokane engineers have joined to launch a company named Empire Laboratory Automation Systems LLC that will design and manufacture products for the laboratory, biosciences, pharmaceutical, educational, and agricultural industries. For now, the compa

Avista capital projects loom

Gas-line, customer-service, dam work totals $235 million

February 27, 2014

Mike McLean

Avista Corp. has several big capital projects totaling $235 million in value in various stages of planning and construction this year in the Spokane area. They range from a $1 million gas-line connection replacement project to an $80 million computerized

Vivint moves services beyond home security

Cellular technology provides control of residential settings

February 13, 2014

Treva Lind

Wireless-based home security systems are rapidly adding conveniences to control household settings, but they're also providing more protection, says Eric Patrick, who oversees a Liberty Lake call center of Vivint Inc., a security and home-automation sys

Using software to treat rheumatoid arthritis

Company, practice here join to invent, market app

February 13, 2014

Katie Ross

Discus Analytics LLC, which launched in Spokane in May 2011, has collaborated with doctors here to invent and begin marketing a software application designed to help better treat rheumatoid arthritis and its progression. The company worked with physici

Quest Aircraft selects contractor here for Kodiak airplane training

Spokane Turbine affiliate serves commercial buyers

February 13, 2014

Mike McLean

Quest Aircraft Co., the Sandpoint, Idaho-based manufacturer of the Kodiak light airplane, says it has selected Parkwater Aviation, of Spokane, to provide flight-training services for commercial buyers of the Kodiak. Parkwater Aviation, which has four emp

PAML partners to launch cancer diagnostic tool

Product includes precise genetic sequence testing

February 13, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane-based national reference laboratory Pathology Associates Medical Laboratory LLC is launching with its partner, Seattle-based lab CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories, a new cancer diagnostic product, which will be marketed under the name Symbiodx.

One Good Thread LLC: Pretty threads for the Web

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February 13, 2014

Mike McLean

Working in the office of a converted service station downtown, Chi Walters, co-founder of One Good Thread LLC, opens a cardboard box as if it's a treasure chest. She gasps and sighs with delight as she examines the pretty contents, one dainty little ite

Itron posts big loss for quarter, year

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February 12, 2014

Staff Report

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