The small farming town of Colfax is buzzing with something other than the sound of combines at harvest time.About $3 million in historic renovation work led by a Spokane company that is buying up property there has some of the towns leaders a

Sterling Savings Bank Chairman and CEO Bill Zuppe has ducks all over his office.They dont quack, but they do make a statement. The yellow, plush-toy birds symbolize to the Spokane banker what he sees as an unfair competitive advantage off

Products low in carbohydrates, everything from ice cream to booze, are taking up more supermarket shelf space, and at least two Spokane-area food producers have rolled out goods aimed at the low-carb diet craze.Such products are relatively new

Maybe it was the traffic. Maybe it was the job at a monolithic bank. Maybe it wasnt just one thing.Peter F. Stanton doesnt know what triggered it, but one day in the spring of 1982, the 26-year-old Spokane native woke up in his Seattle pad

A co-founder of the Spokane-based computer-game pioneer Cyan Worlds Inc. is heading up a new venture that hopes to blaze new trails in museum technology.The executive, Chris Brandkamp, says the fledgling company in which hes involved, IES is

Think moving to a retirement community is going to be just like moving from one house to another?Think again.The retirement-home industry has a set of lease arrangements and fee structures unlike most others, and the system can be confusing

Months after a small investor group bought the assets of FirstPharma and rescued the specialty pharmaceutical compounding operation from the brink of closure, the salvaged startup now is growing at an accelerated clip.Operating now as Pharmacy,

Cory Colvin, founder of the Spokane electrical contracting company Colvico Inc., is trying to reverse the sale of the company to a publicly-traded corporation that he contends withheld important information about its own operation.Enviro-Energy

EchoStar Communications Corp., the Englewood, Colo.-based satellite television service provider that operates the national DISH Network, has bought 22 acres of land on the West Plains for a planned uplink center here.The property is located of

Companies in which Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is involved are starting three large retail projectsone in Spokane and two in the Tri-Citiesworth a total of $55 million.Each of the projects involves construction of a multitenant retail