Studying a relationship between wages and chocolate might seem like a peculiar analysis for an economist to perform.Yet for William Dillingham, a Spokane-based regional labor economist for the Washington state Employment Security Department, an

If Zak Designs Inc., of Airway Heights, reaches its goal of close to $250 million in annual sales by 2007, President and CEO Irv Zakheim will be grinning as widely as the cartoon characters emblazoned on some of his companys products.Zakheim

Northwest TeleHealth, a nonprofit subsidiary of Spokane-based Inland Northwest Health Services, has launched several initiatives aimed at helping rural hospitals and other medical facilities save money and lives with a few clicks of a computer with

A number of Spokane-area new-car dealers have renovated their properties over the last few years and more such projects are in the works, spurred by requests from the automakers whose product lines the dealers carry.The projects are part of a a

Williams Inland Distributors Inc., of Spokane, has bought the former Empire Beverage Inc. building in Spokane Valley.Williams Inland, an ice-cream distributor, moved its offices to the 28,000-square-foot building, at 1505 N. Bradley, late last

Since Curtiss and Laura Grenz started their company, Concrete Works Statuary Inc., theyve noticed fads in the yard-ornament business blossom and wither like Spokane-area lawns during a typical cycle of the seasons.Trends have included from to

The Washington state Department of Transportation has awarded Max J. Kuney Co., of Spokane, a $5 million contract to lower part of Farwell Road and construct four bridges over Farwell to build part of the North Spokane Corridor there.Mike the a

The city of Spokane Valley has awarded Mooney & Pugh Contractors Inc., of Spokane, a $7.5 million contract to build the CenterPlace Community Center at Mirabeau Point Park.Mooney & Pugh project manager Jerry Potter says nine other construction

Two Washington State University researchers who developed a compound that may help treat patients with early-stage Alzheimers disease now are testing a compound they believe might immobilize cancer tumors and kill cancer cells.Psychologist he

World Wide Packets, the Spokane Valley-based maker of devices for fiber-optic communications, is pumping the $24.5 million in venture funding it landed recently into networkingin the social sense of the word.The company, launched by Ethernet