The man behind the Spokane-area company that seemingly could never stumble but did this year, told business leaders here last week that for the first time in his life, there were mornings in recent months when he curled up in bed and dreaded going

The economic slowdown is already hitting executives where it really hurtsin their own wallets.For the first time since 1996, executives of publicly traded companies in Spokane and North Idaho, on average, saw their paychecks shrink last year,

A young, Pennsylvania-based biotechnology company named MatriCal Inc. says it has all but decided to move to Spokane, probably by the end of this year.The company, which is located just outside of Philadelphia but also has small manufacturing in

Biomedex Inc., the upstart Spokane biotech company that will be among the first tenants in a new technology park on the West Plains, says it plans to take to market soon a new product that it envisions will sweep the country, fueled by consumer by

They call it the last milethat stretch between the high-speed data lines you hear so much about and the individual buildings and homes that so far lie outside of their reach.Its lure is great: lightning-fast Internet access for the masses

While soaring energy prices have clouded the viability of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.s Northwest smelters, other challenges and uncertainties raise questions about the future of Kaisers plants here, its parent companys new annual report

Flat Spin Media LLC, a young Spokane multimedia company, is teaming up with two local experts in adolescent health to develop an educational CD-ROM disk that would appeal to youths and help them navigate adolescence.Though the project has among

Two years ago on the eve of their annual meeting, officials at Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. believed the big forest-products company was positioned to begin reaping the rewards of a massive capital-improvement program, new corporate efficiencies, a

Spokane Rock Products Inc., the 2-year-old supplier of concrete and rock whose Portland-based parent moved to Spokane earlier this month, now is embarking on a significant expansion push, both in facilities and employment.The company is spending

Rahco International Inc., the longtime Spokane industrial manufacturer, has landed two contracts to design and build mining and canal-building equipment worth a combined about $21 million. That work comes on the heels of delivering another about of