Pay-for-performance programs used by health-insurance companies to reward physicians for adhering to practice guidelines and meeting quality-improvement standards are gaining popularity nationwide. Already, theyre being implemented by the major a

The past year or two has been a break-out time for a small Spokane Valley high-tech company that cut its teeth in the shareware software world but now is building a reputation for itself by doing custom programming for clients around the in founder

Wemco Inc., of Airway Heights, is expanding its use of computer technology to remotely diagnose problems with and service electronic components in the heavy equipment it sells across the western U.S. Wemco makes equipment for industrial, and of

Omega Pacific Inc., the Airway Heights-based maker of climbing, rescue, and safety equipment, has resumed its efforts to reach the summit, one year after a court ruling left it dangling without a work force. Through what was previously called I

Certain sectors of Kootenai Countys economy are racking up particularly strong job growth as the county continues to enjoy good times.Employment in education and health services jumped 8.1 percent in June over the year-earlier month for a of

Isothermal Systems Research Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of cooling technologies for electronics, has opened branch offices in both Seattle and Wichita, Kansas, and has formed a strategic partnership with Seattle-based Callison Architecture a

Whitworth College broke ground earlier this month on a $7.8 million dormitory building at the east end of its North Spokane campus. Whitworth spokesman Greg Orwig says the structure will be four stories tall and will have a total of 160 beds in

Spokane developer Steve Schmautz and his wife, Tresa, have bought an office-warehouse building in Spokane Valley thats currently home to InCyte Pathology Inc., and they plan to renovate the structure into a speculative office-retail building the

Pepsi Bottling Group Spokane says it will shut down its canned-beverage production line here next month and will begin shipping such products here from a production plant in Seattle.Twelve employees work on the production line, and 10 of them a

LFA Investments LLC, of Coeur dAlene, says it plans to develop a 74-unit, three-building condominium complex next to the Coeur dAlene Resort Golf Course.A cost estimate for the overall project wasnt disclosed, but Ken Ault, one of the in