Some of the shock waves that have rolled out in virtually every direction from Enron Corp. since it filed for protection from creditors Dec. 2 are being felt here at Avista Corp.Enrons bankruptcy filing constituted a default under contracts of

Look at Itron Inc. and youll see a maker of automated meter-reading systems for utilities worldwide that in the last two years has boosted its sales, profits, and work force at a time when many other high-technology companies have company CEO at

Buck Knives Inc., a renowned maker of hunting and utility knives, is considering moving its corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant to Post Falls from Southern California, which would bring about 300 jobs here.Buck Knives is looking at of

Energy Flow Management Inc., a young Spokane-based company that greatly increased its presence here in January when it acquired longtime electrical contractor Colvico Inc., plans this spring to begin using farm manure to generate Energy Flow is to

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is building a new Boston Pizza International Inc. restaurant and sports bar at Northpointe Plaza, in the parking lot of the ShopKo Stores Inc. outlet there.The 5,600-square-foot structure will cost about

Peter and Candy LaPlante, of Spokane, have bought the building that had housed the now-defunct Bethany Home elder-care facility in the Spokane Valley, and plan to reopen a new elder-care operation there called Bethany Place.The buildings the a

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, posted a decline in net margins in 2001 compared with the year earlier, but the number of customers it serves and the amount of electricity it sold both grew.Inland Power also to

Sacred Heart Medical Center has reacquired the assets of Doctors Building Day Surgery, which for the last two years has been owned and operated as a for-profit venture by Inland Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center LLC.The hospital has bought out

Washington State Universitys plan to build a big power plant on its Pullman campus has been scaled back, but the project could get under way as early as June.If the plant receives various approvals, it would entail construction of a $56 system

A sell-out crowd of about 90 people, all waiting to laugh, filled the Magic Lantern Theater in downtown Spokane. Before long, a young man with screaming yellow hair, wearing a referees uniform, bounded out onto the small stage and began with the