Itron Inc., of Liberty Lake, has won a "smart metering" contract with Italgas, Italy's leading gas supplier, to deliver and install electronic gas-volume converters and two-way communication devices across much of Italy on an estimated 30,000 and a

Unicep Packaging Inc., a Sandpoint-based packager of gels, liquids, and creams, has introduced what it calls the DualDose package, which keeps two components separate until it's time to mix them so a product can be used.When the user bends a an

Westway Construction Inc., of Spokane, has begun work on a $300,000 project to stabilize the banks of Latah Creek at the city of Spokane's Creek at Qualchan Golf Course.The city says that in the winter of 1998, a 50-year flood damaged the it

Hallmark Hyundai, of Spokane Valley, is nearing completion of a remodel of the interior of its dealership building at 8801 E. Sprague.Co-owner Denny Waltermire says the dealership launched the remodel mostly to accommodate the arrival, expected

Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, has announced third-quarter earnings of $41 million, up sharply from $29.9 million in the year-earlier quarter.Through the first nine months of the year, the federally chartered ag lender reported of a

A joint venture between Inland Imaging and Providence Health Care has sold to a San Francisco company the intellectual property and marketing rights to a radiology-practice work-flow system it developed.The San Francisco company, Medicalis, will

The Inland Northwest's economy is beginning to show signs of recovery, although those signs are both early and modest, says Randall L. Fewel, president and CEO of both Northwest Bancorporation Inc., of Spokane, and its principal subsidiary, Inland

Attendees at events at the three venues operated by the Spokane Public Facilities District accounted for nearly $116 million in direct spending in the 12 months ended Jan. 31, 2010, a new study says.The people who attended the events at the the