Articles by Katie Ross

Gravity Jack launches app for mixed martial arts fans

Liberty Lake software maker helps enthusiasts virtually get inside ring

September 12, 2013

Liberty Lake-based software maker Gravity Jack Inc. has launched Fighter Bonus, an interactive phone application and website for mixed martial arts fans.In a press release, Gravity Jack says fans can download the app on their smart phones or log

True Seals plans move to former Nott-Atwater space in Valley

Gasket maker to occupy former Nott-Atwater building by year's end

September 12, 2013

Katie Ross

Custom gasket manufacturer True Seals LLC, the company co-founded by a former Nott-Atwater Co. executive after that company was sold and moved, has agreed to lease the former Nott-Atwater building, at 1309 N. Bradley, in Spokane Valley.Cody of

A virtual way to give

September 12, 2013

Katie Ross

zPerfectGift, a Spokane-based virtual gift-giving company, is offering what it believes is a new and different way to celebrate and track special occasions. It operates a website, at www.zperfectgift.com, that enables multiple people to chip in

Sport Scope startup logs early growth

Inov8-backed company expects to end year with sales of nearly $2 million

September 12, 2013

Katie Ross

Spokane startup Sport Scope Inc. has marked a 50 percent revenue growth this year, its second year of business, says general manager and co-owner Derek Taylor. The company, which manufactures specialty pole-mounted end-zone cameras for sporting is

EWU trustees, faculty union agree to three-year contract

New accord is expected to raise pay to levels consistent with peers

August 29, 2013

Katie Ross

Eastern Washington University says in a press release that its board of trustees has ratified a three-year contract between the university and the United Faculty of Eastern, the union representing EWU faculty. The contract, which takes effect a