In 1995, after 10 years of programming computers for business applications, Tom Powers, a new resident of Spokane Valley, began programming video games, which hed always considered to be his lifelong dream job.Eighteen months ago, he he &

Biopol Laboratory Inc., a 30-year-old supplier of raw biological materials used to make allergy vaccines, plans to construct a 45,000-square-foot building in Post Falls and to move its operations there from two locations in the Spokane area.The

The small town of Pinehurst, Idaho, about five miles west of Kellogg along Interstate 90, has approved a $23 million, 99-unit condominium and town-house complex called Silver Creek.The only remaining obstacle before infrastructure work for the

The percentage of women who deliver their babies surgically by Cesarean section is climbing steadily, here and around the world, and local health-care experts cite several reasons for the trend.Spokane-area hospitals say that up to 33 percent a

5-Mile Investment Co., of Spokane, which owns the Five Mile Shopping Center, in North Spokane, plans to develop a multitenant retail building just east of the center, at 6314 N. Ash. It would become the fourth structure the company owns on that to

Robotic Process Systems Inc., of Spokane Valley, has introduced a smaller, less expensive robotic system designed to solder connectors and other components onto circuit boards for automotive, aerospace, and other commercial uses.Larger systems

A newly formed Hayden concern, named Plan B Development Co., is developing a complex of small-business condominiums in that North Idaho city to sell for light-industrial, commercial, and office uses.Debbie Lawton, who owns the company with her

A Seattle environmental company is the apparent low bidder for a contract to demolish structures and do cleanup work within the next month at the former stockyards property in East Spokane, where Spokane County plans to build a waste-water company,

The estimated cost to build the North Spokane Corridor, commonly known as the north-south freeway continues to soar above previous projections, but by how much wont become clear until around the end of November.Thats when the Washington of

With gasoline prices now hovering around $3 a gallon and the cost of filling the tank of an average sized vehicle cresting $50, many businesses and consumers here are seeking ways to squeeze additional miles out of each gallon of fuel they here to