A San Francisco-area concern that helps companies reduce software errors plans to open early next month a software-testing center in Spokane Valley, where it will employ four people initially and as many as 12 within the next year.The company,

Longtime Inland Northwest banking executive David Bobbitt says hes heading efforts to form a new community bank in Post Falls, to be called Community 1st Bank.He and others involved in the venture expect to submit applications to the Idaho of

Spokane-area business advocates say that as the next Washington state legislative session nears, their top priorities will include more than $302 million in capital projects, and theyll be seeking funding for job-training programs, health-care In

Sonderen Packaging, a longtime Spokane paperboard carton maker, has added $3.5 million in equipment here recently, and says its planning a big expansion of its plant here to handle anticipated growth.Mark Sonderen, the companys president, a

Spokane-based Numerica Credit Union plans to complete land purchases in Airway Heights and Hayden, Idaho, within the next month for two more new branch locations and also has just completed a merger with a small credit union in Chelan developments

COEUR dALENEFive years ago last spring, a group of 250 mostly local investors picked a tough time to start up a community bank, says Max Faller, president and CEO of that institution, Coeur dAlenes bankcda.The national economy was in a

Most colleges here are reporting record enrollment this fall, though some have seen a slight dip in the number of incoming freshmen.Eastern Washington University says it topped the 10,000 mark in enrollment for the first time this fall, with up

Less than four years ago, the big push to employ adults with disabilities was to gather them together in facilities previously called sheltered workshops, teach them some marketable skills, then attempt to find employment for them.Thats in at

Washington State University at Spokane says its stepping up efforts to commercialize research being done here by creating a new position to oversee its intellectual property-related activities in the Spokane area.WSU has hired Terri L. a who

On Halloween Day 2001, Spokanes Logan Olson suffered a heart attack, then fell into a three-week-long coma that left her with brain damage and having to relearn the most basic skillsbreathing, swallowing, chewing, holding her head was just 16 a