Avista Corp., of Spokane, recently awarded $20,000 in rebates to Taylor & Sons Chevrolet for energy efficiency measures employed in constructing its new dealership facilities in Ponderay, Idaho.The measures incorporated in construction of & and
Rural landscapes of the future might have pyrolysis plants instead of grain elevators on every horizonprocessing centers where farmers would bring bulky crops such as switchgrass to be made into crude oil.Those pyrolysis plants would pass
Taking advantage of greatly reduced stock prices is a tricky business. One strategy is to find an investment area so certain to grow that it will be around long after market traumas subside.Green investing, which offers the added potential of up
Soaring energy consumption by ever more powerful computers, data centers, and mobile devices has many experts looking to reduce the energy use of these devices. Most projects so far focus on more efficient cooling systems or energy-saving power of
A nearly 100-year-old South Hill home on 36th Avenue now has its carbon footprint rating.The residents, a couple in their 70s, hope to stay in the house another 10 years and cut living expenses, such as reducing the $800-a-year bill for oil a a
Blue Ribbon Environmental Products Inc., a Spokane company that originally specialized in selling products for cleaning up fuel spills, now is concentrating more on cleaning up entire bodies of water, says Gary Snyder, the company's environmental a
Jane Korn, the new dean of the Gonzaga University School of Law and the first woman to be named to that post, says raising awareness of the school internationally will be one of her top long-term focuses.Due partly to Spokane's relative Korn few
Unlawful detainer filings, which landlords in Washington state use to evict tenants who have violated rental agreements and ignored notices to leave, are rising again in Spokane County after having fallen significantly here between 2005 and the of
Homeowners' associations are adept at tackling problems like cracked swimming pools or unkempt lawns. But given that America's 65-and-older population is projected to grow by more than 70 percent in the next 13 years, boards will be forced to a new
The University of Iowa College of Law has begun offering a fiction writing class aimed at helping law students produce clearer, more easily understood legal writing."Fiction writing offers good lessons to lawyers about good writing and editing,"