Prior to founding Humanix Corp. here 18 years ago, the longest Julie Prafke had held a job was about two and a half years.It wasnt that she hadnt worked much. Prafke had held jobs in the timber, insurance, retail, communications, metals and

All was quiet and the lights were dim in one of the now-occupied nurseries in the new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Sacred Heart Medical Center one recent afternoon. The nurses just cant get used to it, Jean Kelleher, nurse of of

Ameracare Inc., the Spokane company that developed and operates Evergreen Valley Retirement Center, allegedly is in default on two loans, and property on Evergreen where the retirement facility is located is slated to be sold in a trustees sale a

Chapter Eleven Inc., of Spokane, has closed the doors of its last restaurant here at the northeast corner of Ruby Street and Mission Avenue.Vern Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate Group LLC, who is the listing agent for the restaurant business, says the

Need a water pump impeller for a 1974 9.8-horsepower Mercury outboard motor? How about new ignition coils for a 57 Johnson trolling motor or a switch box for a 79 115-horse Mercury outboard?Vintage Outboard & Marine Supply, a 4-year-old that

Washington Trust Bank, which said earlier this year that it hoped to open a branch in Liberty Lake and expand its presence in southern Idaho, has filed applications with regulators to establish bank branches in those areas.Washington Trusts to

Webiness, founded by Ethernet guru Bernard Daines as a Web-site design and hosting company, is getting out of that business, says Daines brother, Dan Daines, Webiness general manager.In February, Artesian Direct, a Liberty Lake-based and it

Spokane is touted by economic cheerleaders here as one of the most wired cities in the U.S. for its size, but whether that has translated into increased recruitment of information-technology companies and quality jobs in the citys core is to of a

Thermoguard Insulation Co., of Spokane, has been bought by a big Richmond, Va., area-based insulation company called Service Partners LLC.Nat Bonanno, Thermoguards general manager here, says the Spokane operation will retain its name and its a

After more than doubling its portfolio of hotels last year through a major acquisition, Spokane-based WestCoast Hospitality Corp. now plans to double that chain againto 100 hotelsduring the next five years.Meanwhile, WestCoasts ticketing a