Spokane biotech proponents should push for the development of a health and biomedical sciences campus here to focus on taking the basic research done at Inland Northwest university and federal laboratories and moving it toward commercialization

Though the regulatory maze remains tortuous for some, developing property in the Spokane area appears to be getting easier, industry and government officials say.That may be most evident in comments by developers, contrasted by time.Its a

Spokanes economy may have bottomed out and begun a move into more positive territory, according to the most recent Leading Economic Activity Index compiled by Washington State University professor Don Epley.The index, one of two Epley last to

City of Spokane officials say they arent going to let an adverse Washington state Supreme Court ruling stop the citys aggressive new annexation strategy.Late last year, Mayor John Powers proposed a city strategy to pursue the annexation of a

Spokane International Airport plans this month to seek bids for projects that will cost more than $17.5 million and will involve rebuilding a taxiway, constructing a new cargo apron, removing a rock outcropping, and building or moving access bulk a

Logan Industries Inc., a Spokane contract electronics manufacturer that launched three years ago as a spinoff from Liberty Lake-based Telect Inc., has filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S Bankruptcy Code.The company in

McVay Brothers Contractors Inc., a longtime Spokane supplier and installer of siding and windows, has agreed to sell its window-manufacturing division to Window Products Inc., a big Spokane-based vinyl window maker. Separately, Window Products a

W. Berry Fowler didnt leave the franchising world for long.Two years ago, the Spokane entrepreneur, who earlier had founded such franchising giants as Sylvan Learning Centers and Little Gym International Inc., set out to build a corporate of A

Rahco International Inc., the longtime Spokane industrial manufacturer, says it has landed a contract to supply two more of its salt harvesters to a Chinese maker of potash for fertilizers. The contract is worth roughly $10 million. Meanwhile, ,

The Inland Northwest Technology Education Center, or Intec, says it is close to announcing a new strategy for helping the Spokane area bolster high-tech employment by focusing more attention on what it calls energy technologies.Randy Long, a