Spokane homebuilder Tim Lewis, president and founder of Lewis Construction & Development Inc., says the ability to construct homes at multiple price points has carried his company through the recession and sputtering recovery.Lewis, a former in...
Full StoryOpportunity Industries Inc., a Spokane Valley-based company that installs, maintains, and repairs conveyor systems for companies such as United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp., among others, is hoping a recent acquisition will help it broaden its at...
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Compass Distributing LLC, a division of Fast Way Freight System Inc. that's doing business as Compass Freight Management, is on track to see a 60 percent increase in revenue for 2013 compared with last year, says Fast Way co-owner Mark handles its...
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The $9 million, 98,000-square-foot Zocholl Building, top center, takes shape on the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. main campus in Pullman. The facility will enable the company to test products at a central location. Schweitzer is acting...
Full StoryA team of five graduating University of Idaho mechanical engineering students has designed safety-and-efficiency improvements for a machine used to assemble flagship folding knives that helped make Buck Knives a household name.For their the were...
Full StoryU.S. small business manufacturingisgrowing again by inventing new industries and business processes, says PayNet, a small-business analytics and risk-management company. The PayNet Manufacturing Index, which measures the amount of investment &...
Full StoryThe U.S. manufacturing industry is competing globally again, thanks to lower natural gas prices and a renaissance in the oil and gas energy sector, said panelists at a recent "Perspectives on the Energy Industry" forum sponsored by Houston-based of...
Full StoryThe latest monthly U.S.jobs reportshows America's manufacturing sectordidn't gain a single jobin April 2013, a setback in the effort to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs in the president's second term, says the Alliance for American Paul,...
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Sunset Health Center, a school-based pilot program in Airway Heights aimed at providing onsite health care to children, is touted to be the first of its type in Spokane County, but the organization that arranged initial funding for it hopes there a...
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A neurologist in Spokane instantly can be at the hospital bedside of a stroke patient 35 miles away, thanks to a remote robot, when minutes count for saving lives or increasing chances of recovery without permanent disabilities.Providence Sacred...
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Spokane engineer rolls out new ‘backsaver’ invention
Providence, WSU collaborate to address nurse shortage
Idaho WWAMI helps address physician shortage
Opioid addiction emerges as issue in rural communities
Avamere settles into South Hill neighborhood
Healing Lodge of Seven Nations opens new clinic
