Two Spokane inventors are joining forces to commercialize a magnetic support, or levitation, technology that they believe has big potential for use in sliding doors, wall panels, gates, and similar applications.One of the inventors, retired John
A bear ate through the backpack. While the bag's owner escaped injury, the now-shredded side of his North Face product requires some serious patch work before the next camping trip.Penny Schwyn, owner of a home-based sewing repair business has a
A major remodel project is under way at the largest vacant space in NorthTown Mall, where Marshalls, a discount apparel retail chain, plans to open next spring.Marshalls originally had hoped to open in time for the current Christmas shopping but
Spokane Valley-based Revett Minerals Inc. has won a favorable decision from a federal appeals court in a dispute with environmental groups over whether its proposed Rock Creek, Mont., mine would harm grizzly bears and bull trout the company last of
Catholic Charities Spokane, one of the area's largest social-service nonprofits, plans to begin work this month on an $8 million low-income housing project downtown, next to its House of Charity homeless men's shelter.The nonprofit will a at 108
Spokane's two largest accounting firms, Moss Adams LLP and LarsonAllen LLP, are in the midst of some revamping as a result of unrelated actions that also affect multiple offices elsewhere in the U.S. Local representatives for both firms say, that a
Two Inland Northwest companies working in two distinct sectors have begun investing tens of millions of dollars in their respective stocks, moves one analyst says are representative of a trend among publicly traded companies.Clearwater Paper the
Colville-based stove maker Home & Hearth Technologies Inc. has responded to a market downturnin sales of wood and pellet-burning appliances by cutting its workforce and expanding its product line to include lower-priced models, says Dennis vice of
A number of Spokane-area entities hope state legislators will advocate to sustain funding for many programs and projects here during the recently convened special legislative session called by Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire to balance a
Meetings & EventsSynergy Healthcare will hold a free Pharmanex: How healthy are you? event today, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. at 12012 E. Mission, in Spokane Valley. To register or for more information, call 413-1630.The Spokane Regional MarCom and K&L a