Calvert Technologies Inc., the West Plains automated-systems integrator and manufacturer, has slashed its work force, cut other overhead expenses, and set up a creditor payoff plan to overcome recent financial woes.George C. Calvert, the CEO, be

The introduction of daylight passenger rail service connecting Spokane, the Tri-Cities, and Seattle is feasible physically and operationally, a Washington state Department of Transportation study has found.However, the minimum $350 million worth

After decades of discussion and planning, work on the nearly $1 billion North Spokane Corridor project, known more commonly as the north-south freeway, now is just a matter of weeks from getting under way.The Washington state Department of this

Spokane developer Walt Worthy, who is rehabilitating the Davenport Hotel, says he hopes to begin erecting a seven-story parking garage just southeast of the downtown landmark in September and to complete it by the end of the year.He says hed a

3M, the huge international company that acquired Spokane-based American Electronic Sign Co. late last year and renamed it 3M Dynamic Message Systems, isnt wasting any time in making its presence felt here.The Spokane business unit, now as a of

Do you have any gas caps like this one?The stocky, young man held up a weathered-looking piece of aluminum between two soiled fingers as he asked the question, then waited patiently for an answer.Margaret Rudisile, 74-year-old owner of at

Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, has reported a net loss of about $14.1 million for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, down sharply from net income of about $455,000 for the year-earlier period. The loss was on revenues of

Avista Energy, currently the hottest-performing subsidiary of Spokane-based Avista Corp., has been slapped with an additional $13.5 million business-and-occupation tax assessment by the Washington state Department of Revenue for its energy-trading

After several years and millions of dollars worth of research, Avista Labs, the young technology-development affiliate of Spokane-based Avista Corp., believes it has come up with the most promising fuel-cell generator design to date for and its a

Fairchild Air Force Base says it plans to develop a 12,200-square-foot munitions-maintenance administration building near the munitions-storage area on the south side of the base.The single-story, brick building is expected to cost up to several