Spokane software developer Pentad Systems LLC has developed a computer network-based alarm system, called LANalarm, that it hopes will become the standard for such systems, and that could lead to a 20 percent increase in revenues this year for the

Some Canadian women needing specialized care for anticipated high-risk preterm births are coming to Spokane to deliver their babies due to a spike in such births north of the border and a shortage of neonatal facilities and specialists there.So

Spokane Teachers Credit Union says it will open a branch next year in the Northtown Square boutique shopping center, which is to be developed on the site of the Wendle Ford dealership, at 4727 N. Division.The branch will be the 13th for STCU 12

Jeffery Johnson and Kelly Snyder, who own Spokane engine remanufacturer S&S Engine Remanufacturing Co., have bought Jones Automotive Engines Inc., a similar, longtime business here, from Robert Jones for an undisclosed sum, and Jones has two each

After two years of collecting and compiling data on the Spokane and Kootenai county housing markets, New Home Trends Inc., a Bothell, Wash.-based research and consulting company, has launched an online database of residential home development here.

North Idaho developer William Radobenko says he plans to develop an 800-acre golf-course community that apparently could add 500 homes to the city of Priest River, Idaho. The Priest River City Council has agreed to consider a request by to the

Local businessman George Schillinger has bought the assets of Spokane Valley custom woodwork manufacturer Architectural Woodwork & Design Inc. and has formed a new company, Millwood Manufacturing LLC, to do the same work. Millwood so far has 7

While the U.S. grapples with a shaky economy, many people here increasingly are turning to one of the oldest professions to fill some of their more humble financial needs. Theyre putting up everyday items as collateral and obtaining short-term a

The staff at Able Claims Service Inc., an independent insurance adjustment company here, has seen its share of minor disasters. On any given day, one of Able Claims Services adjusters might be found climbing onto a roof to assess storm damage, a

The beneficial applications of blasting tumors with needle probes that emit vaporizing heat or freezing cold have blossomed, creating more options for cancer patients here, says Spokane interventional radiologist Ken Symington. The called