Gonzaga University says it has raised $148 million through a capital campaign it launched three years ago, far exceeding its $119 million goal, and plans to conclude the campaign at a ceremony next week. The ceremony will be held Oct. 20 at the

At Deaconess Medical Center Womens Clinic, hundreds of photographs of babies who were delivered by the clinics certified nurse-midwives are featured prominently on the walls. Those pictures bear testament both to the midwives pride in their a

Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters says its increasing its revenues, expanding its operations, and carving a niche in the coffee industryone squeezable sumo wrestler toy at a time.The Spokane-based company, which started in 1993 with a single in

Pay-for-performance programs used by health-insurance companies to reward physicians for adhering to practice guidelines and meeting quality-improvement standards are gaining popularity nationwide. Already, theyre being implemented by the major a

Wemco Inc., of Airway Heights, is expanding its use of computer technology to remotely diagnose problems with and service electronic components in the heavy equipment it sells across the western U.S. Wemco makes equipment for industrial, and of

Pepsi Bottling Group Spokane says it will shut down its canned-beverage production line here next month and will begin shipping such products here from a production plant in Seattle.Twelve employees work on the production line, and 10 of them a

LFA Investments LLC, of Coeur dAlene, says it plans to develop a 74-unit, three-building condominium complex next to the Coeur dAlene Resort Golf Course.A cost estimate for the overall project wasnt disclosed, but Ken Ault, one of the in

When I am an old woman I shall wear purpleWith a red hat which doesnt go, and doesnt suit meSo starts the poem, Warning, by Jenny Joseph, with a sentence that has inspired roughly 1 million women nationwide to don purple and a

A team of researchers at Washington State University, in Pullman, claims its producing exciting results in its work to develop bone implant materials for people suffering from bone-related problems, such as arthritis. It also is studying ways to

Lake City Development Corp., of Coeur dAlene, has acquired the last piece of property for a proposed higher education corridor in Coeur dAlene, and is picking up properties for a potential parking garage downtown.LCDC bought the small chunk