A company that hopes to build a strawboard plant on the Palouse has leased nearly 350 acres in LaCrosse, Wash., and is pursuing building permits for the project.The company, Columbia Ag Fiber Inc., chose LaCrosse for its plant site because of a

A Massachusetts company has bought certain assets of Spoval Fiber Optics Inc., a Spokane maker of fiber-optic distribution panels, resulting in the elimination of 20 jobs here and the closure of Spovals plant, which is being shuttered now. Spoval

North Idaho real estate executive Brad Jordan is making plans for a high-rise condominium-and-office project near Coeur dAlenes city center.Current plans call for a 10-story project that would include 42 mid-priced condominium units, three

If you want to make a small fortune in the wine business, the old saying goes, invest a large fortune. Winery owners in the Inland Northwest say thats not too far from the truth, yet the attraction of making and bottling fine wines keeps

COEUR DALENEA new company is building an assisted-living facility here that it hopes will be the first in a chain of five such operations in the Northwest.The company, Four Seasons Assisted Living LLC, already has completed the first of at

Medinex Systems Inc., of Post Falls, says it will ask the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for permission to liquidate its assets. Medinex, which in November filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, says if the it

Avista Corp. just cant catch a break with its joint-venture Coyote Springs 2 power plant, which has been under construction at Boardman, Ore., since 2000. Last May, a transformer at the plant caught fire, delaying the project by several the

SANDPOINT, IdahoIt all started in 1982 when Don and Kim Cox were sitting around, bored, on a frigid winter day. In a moment of insanity er, inspiration the Sandpoint couple, both scuba-diving enthusiasts, decided to don their gear and

Last summer, the federal government halted part of a major study of hormone-replacement therapy, saying a common combination of medications used by women to ease the symptoms of menopause, and possibly protect themselves from heart disease and be a

The Washington Technology Center has awarded grants to Washington State University to support research projects the school is undertaking with a Spokane maker of pest-control products and a Richland-based client of the Spokane Intercollegiate and a