Mark Choate knows more about garbage than most of us would care to think about, which stands to reason given that his Spokane Valley company, Western Systems & Fabrication Inc., has grown from a garbage-bin maker to a vendor of a wide range of and

Jodi Davisson says she never used to see an educational future for herself."I wasn't even expecting to graduate high school," says the soft-spoken Spokane Community College student. She didn't imagine herself studying computers, either, she was

Oversight of professional guardians—people who make decisions for others who are incapacitated—is rigorous, and a certification process that has been beefed up over the last few years has brought greater credibility to the profession, say

Spokane-area universities say they're finding their computer-science programs are doing more than simply producing workers for the high-tech industry—they're also churning out entrepreneurs who are launching their own ventures and, in turn, a

Restaurateur Jayme Cozzetto thinks he's found an ideal recipe for hospitality success—a melded offering of transportation, dining, and music entertainment—that he hopes will become a popular choice for a night on the town owner of a new a