Avista Corp. has several big capital projects totaling $235 million in value in various stages of planning and construction this year in the Spokane area. They range from a $1 million gas-line connection replacement project to an $80 million computerized

Wireless-based home security systems are rapidly adding conveniences to control household settings, but they're also providing more protection, says Eric Patrick, who oversees a Liberty Lake call center of Vivint Inc., a security and home-automation sys

Discus Analytics LLC, which launched in Spokane in May 2011, has collaborated with doctors here to invent and begin marketing a software application designed to help better treat rheumatoid arthritis and its progression. The company worked with physici

Quest Aircraft Co., the Sandpoint, Idaho-based manufacturer of the Kodiak light airplane, says it has selected Parkwater Aviation, of Spokane, to provide flight-training services for commercial buyers of the Kodiak. Parkwater Aviation, which has four emp

Working in the office of a converted service station downtown, Chi Walters, co-founder of One Good Thread LLC, opens a cardboard box as if it's a treasure chest. She gasps and sighs with delight as she examines the pretty contents, one dainty little ite

Landscape architect Len Zickler, a principal in the Spokane office of Tacoma-based AHBL Inc., says the company is seeing more requests to design environmentally friendly infrastructure to manage stormwater drainage. He expects this approach, called low-

Kiemle & Hagood Co. says it and a facility-services subsidiary it operates have been using greener building management and maintenance practices they implemented fully three years ago to help building owners and tenants achieve sizable energy savings. Th