Hecla Mining Co.s Central and South American mining properties continue to light the way for the Coeur dAlene-based companys financial rebound. Hecla says its San Sebastian property in Mexico, for example, was its star performer in a

The Coeur dAlene School District is gearing up to start a $23 million, four-year capital-improvement planan ambitious roster of construction projects that includes replacing Hayden Lake Elementary and modernizing Lakes Middle School.Coeur a

Some of the effects of HIPAA, the nations sweeping new health-care privacy rules that took effect last week, are readily apparent at hospitals and doctors offices in the Inland Northwest. Take the practice of signing in for a doctors It to

Washington Trust Bank plans to begin building a 3,300-square-foot branch at Wandermere Mall this spring. The Spokane-based bank has owned a construction pad in the southwest portion of the malls parking lot, at Hastings Road and U.S. 395, and

Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty, of Coeur dAlene, plans to open an office in Post Falls this summer that will focus on that fast-growing community, as well as do business across the state line in Liberty Lake and Spokane Valley. About &

Avista Corp. could face a $60 million tab to modify its Cabinet Gorge dam on Idahos Clark Fork River to protect fish there.The money would be spent over a long periodthrough 2020and part of the work ultimately might prove to be says Bob a

Developers here increasingly are tapping Spokanes trove of historic buildings for construction and rehabilitation projects ranging from offices to residential lofts to hotels. Like looking after an eccentric old aunt, however, shepherding a

Bio-OriGyn LLC, of Spokane, has received a U.S. patent for its Pre-Seed vaginal lubricant, the companys first consumer product for human infertility. The patent is Bio-OriGyns eighth, but its first U.S. patent for Pre-Seed, says company CEO

Fasteners Inc., a longtime Spokane-based distributor of nuts, bolts, and screws, is acquiring an even older competitor in Coeur dAlene, the former Bracks Supply. Fasteners is buying the Coeur dAlene businesswhich has been called Valley

A bold decision three years ago to close its retail paint stores and concentrate on industrial coatings apparently is paying off for Spokane Valley-based United Coatings Manufacturing Inc.Since the shift, the venerable manufacturer has seen its