The Better Business Bureau serving Eastern Washington, North Idaho and Montana says Spokane Valley-based electronic payment processing company Merchant Services Direct LLC has made advertising claims that may be misleading. Chelsea Dannen, of at
Paine Hamblen LLP, of Spokane, has opened a satellite office in Walla Walla and has formed an informal joint venture with Walla Walla-based Virtual In-House Counsel PLLC. Jane E. Brown, managing partner at the 110-year-old Spokane law firm, says
St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has launched a $7.7 million energy-services and utility-upgrade project that's expected to reduce energy consumption at its main campus by almost 40 percent, says Randy Sharshan, director of facilities and safety
Operating revenue and passenger count at Spokane International Airport decreased last year compared with 2011, but revenues were up compared with projections, says airport spokesman Todd Woodard. In contrast, operating revenue at Felts Field but
Unlike popular mobile games such as Angry Birds and its subsequent spinoffs, Pixel Buddy, the brainchild of 17-year-old Emerson Shaffer, can do something other apps have struggled to wrangle: crowdsourcing its content.Shaffer is a senior at Mt.
The city of Coeur d'Alene has issued building permits for a $7.7 million second phase of construction at an apartment complex north of Seltice Way, on the west edge of the city.The project owner, Riverview Ventures II LLC, has started on six of
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. says it expects to invest $30 million to $35 million to expand production significantly this year at its Rochester silver-and-gold mine in Nevada.As a result, silver production at Rochester is expected to increase to in
Two Idaho-based brothers who have developed aquariums in Boise and near Portland are interested in developing one in Spokane, possibly at Riverfront Park.However, one of the brothers, Ammon Covino, says they and an investment group backing the a
Spokane-area merchants are wrestling with whether to begin assessing customers a credit-card surchargeor swipe feeof up to 4 percent of a purchase amount, as now allowed following the recent settlement of a class-action Jan. 27, could a
Glyph Language Services Inc., a 12-year-old, Spokane-based company that provides translation, teaching, and consulting services for businesses and government agencies, says it has more than tripled its staff size and has increased its sales by more