A $2.7 million upgrade at Potlatch Corp.s St. Maries, Idaho, lumber and plywood mill is expected to boost productivity and enable the company to make a new product there.Potlatch spokesman Mike Sullivan says the Spokane company expects that a

As owners of 19-month-old Cobalt Cable LLC, a maker of premium audio and video cables, John Coleman and Zia Uddin are happy to debate customers about such geeky technical stuff as resistance, capacitance, and signal loss. At heart, though, they

The new city of Spokane Valley enjoys relatively affordable and newer housing, less poverty than the county as a whole, strong growth in retail sales, and a rising property-tax base.It also, however, could see volatile sales-tax revenue due to

A bold decision three years ago to close its retail paint stores and concentrate on industrial coatings apparently is paying off for Spokane Valley-based United Coatings Manufacturing Inc.Since the shift, the venerable manufacturer has seen its

Having cut its own path into the international marketplace during the past 12 years, Itron Inc. now plans to take its recent acquisitions along that route.The Spokane Valley-based maker of utility-data equipment and software expects that the to

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

Farmers & Merchants Bank, of Spokane, plans to build a bank branch, its 15th overall, in the Wandermere area north of Spokane. The bank has bought a retail pad at 516 E. Hastings, in the parking lot of Fred Meyers Wandermere store, and plans

Wes Colley estimates that AmericanWest Bancorp.s assets will reach $1 billion this year, and its geographic reach now includes 42 branches in more than 30 cities in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Within three years, Colley, who is and of

Question: What can Ironman athletes do besides swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run 26.2 miles, all in a single day? Answer: spend money.The Ironman triathlon competition thats to be held in Coeur dAlene June 29 is expected to pump

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