It's been two years since Wemco Co., an Airway Heights-based light-industrial equipment manufacturer, expanded into a new production facility, and according to one company official, it's not yet done growing. Matt Turner, Wemco's executive vice pr

Barely a year after settling into its Hayden headquarters and production facility, Stan-Craft Boat Co., the North Idaho-based maker of hand-built wooden boats, has launched plans to expand its operations there this summer, says StanCraft president and co-

Tim Jackson started Action Fasteners & Supply Inc., of Spokane, in 1994 out of his garage with two sheets of plywood and four sawhorses. Today, the wholesale fastener distribution company at 3335 E. Trent operates in 10,000 square feet of space and is a

It's good to press hard in a race running toward the finish line, but one Coeur d'Alene woman wanted to get to that point with a little less perspiration. A runner of marathons, Wendy Harris heard the same complaint from other female distance runners

Three recent University of Idaho graduates, each hailing from families of electrical workers, have generated substantial attention from Spokane-area startup investors as a company they've founded, SafeGuard Equipment Inc., develops a wristband that woul

Despite the recent layoff of 112 manufacturing workers and the shuttering of manufacturing operations at Garco Building Systems' Airway Heights facility, the company says it will retain nearly 50 workers here in information technology, sales, and procur

Litehouse Inc., the Sandpoint-based salad dressing maker is in the midst of a $6.2 million expansion project at its Sandpoint manufacturing plant where it hopes to continue increasing its production and its workforce. The company plans to break ground be

Three municipal operators along with Kaiser Aluminum Corp. and Inland Empire Paper Co. have Spokane River discharge permits up for renewal, but participants are raising concerns about higher regulatory standards being imposed as part of permit updates. F

Now in its third year of operation, Spokane Valley-based One Tree Hard Cider LLC plans to keep expanding by extending its distribution area and creating a second tasting room here. The company increased production this year hoping to increase sales, a