In her first address to the Spokane business community recently, Spokane Mayor Mary Verner announced she would be holding a series of three roundtable discussions to talk about topics of keen interest to businesses here.During her State of the

The principal owner of the two Keller Williams Realty agencies here says he and his partners are merging the two brokerages and consolidating them in a building just north of downtown, with plans to ultimately have more than 300 agents Williams has

Advocates for Washington state employers say theres little hope the Legislature will act this session on proposals to ease the growing cost and complexity of providing employee benefits. Instead, they say, theyll be mostly playing defense as to

Kenneth Roberts, the recently named director of the University of Washingtons medical school program here, says hes excited about the opportunities involved in creating a start-up program, but is prepared to face some challenges along the will

Servatron Inc., a Spokane Valley-based contract manufacturer, says its gross revenues shot up roughly 40 percent in 2007 and it expects to grow robustly this year, albeit at a slower pace.The companys gross revenues climbed to more than $32 a

Mobius Science, the nonprofit thats seeking to build a science center just north of downtown, say its on track to reach its fundraising goals so that construction on the project can start next year.The planned $33 million, Mobius Science is

Internships, although commonly associated with coffee runs and mundane tasks, have become an increasingly vital part of Spokanes economy, as employers seek to secure future workers, and college students try to gain an edge in the job market they

A Spokane company plans to develop a three-story, retail and office building on Hamilton Street just east of Gonzaga University.Plans call for the structure, to be called Hamilton Square, to include a total of 36,000 square feet of floor space,

Financial institutions long have been in the business of safeguarding customers assets, but gone are the days when an iron-clad vault was sufficient for the task. Now, information is an asset that also must be protected, and banks continually are

Whitley Fuel LLC, of Okanogan, Wash., says it plans to rebuild its fuel distribution center warehouse here that was destroyed in a spectacular fire last summer, but first must work out key elements of the project with city officials. Brian the