R.A. Pearson Co., the Spokane-based designer and manufacturer of packaging machinery, has secured a contract with Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. to make 80 new machines for the soft-drink bottler. The machines will help Coca-Cola efficiently its in

The American Journal of Physiology, a Bethesda, Md.-based leading scientific journal, plans to publish a study conducted by a group of Heart Institute of Spokane researchers, who found that diets high in protein harm the kidneys, especially in that

The war with Iraq, the struggling economy, and environmental concerns have turned some Americans on to fuel-efficient automobiles again, while pushing them away from the gas-guzzling vehicles so popular in recent years. Manufacturers, are it to

DataPro Solutions Inc., of Spokane Valley, says it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire the sales and technical-support assets of Spokane-based WindStar Group Inc., a computer systems vendor and consultant, and plans to formalize that

While most businesspeople strive to be mindful of the future, Dennis Wright wants just the opposite. You even could say the Spokane entrepreneur was born quite a few years too late.Wright owns Audio Adventure, a year-old Spokane company that in

Two researchers at Washington State University have developed a compound that they believe could help patients who suffer from early-stage Alzheimers disease and other forms of dementia.Jay Wright, a psychologist, and Joe Harding, a with the

A citizens group here says it will need to win support of the business community as it seeks to spark development of a proposed park on a largely undeveloped urban stretch of the Spokane River west of Riverfront Park.The group, Friends of the &

The United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 44, of Spokane, has bought two 20,000-square-foot buildings in East Spokane for $1.75 million and plans to move its operations to one of those buildings this summer.Separately, Building

Dennis Cutter doesnt look like a rock star, but he knows how it feels to stand in front of thousands of screaming fans. Cutter, president and CEO of Numerica Credit Union here and chairman emeritus of the Madison, Wis.-based World Council of

While attendance at some of Spokanes longtime festivals, events, and conferences has remained steady or grown only slightly in recent years, some relatively new attractions are drawing ever bigger crowds.Art Fest and Valleyfest are among the