Dave Lenartz cant seem to take his Technet hat off.For nearly a decade, the Spokane software entrepreneur and other founders of that support group to high-tech companies here have sought ways to bolster Spokanes technology industries. In has

The top officials of Eastern Washington University and Community Colleges of Spokane have begun floating separate proposals to develop brick-and-mortar centers here that would be tied closely to the business community and would be focused tightly a

A Spokane company controlled by the Fruci family, which also operates two financial services businesses here, plans to raze the former Sullys restaurant building downtown next month and develop a new structure there that will house a Kinkos and

Ten months before city of Spokane voters will choose their first strong mayor under the new form of government they narrowly approved in November, names of possible candidates have begun to emerge.Candidates wont officially file for the post a

New Light Industries Ltd., an 8-year-old West Plains company that develops holography equipment, says it might be just a year or two away from completing development of a device that could be used to produce holographic portraits of people for and

Biomedex Inc., the young Spokane company that hopes to launch a $200 million biomedical and biotechnology business park on the West Plains, has goals far more reaching than mere real estate development.Launched quietly this year by a group of of

Getting the boost it needed to emerge from a two-year business lull, longtime Spokane industrial manufacturer Rahco International Inc. has landed a roughly $20 million contract to design and construct two massive conveyor and stacking systems for a

Cheese makers, dairies, and brewers sprinkled around the U.S. are using prototype equipment developed by a young Spokane biotech company to count live bacteria or yeast during their production processes. The market for the product, born in the labs

If there was supposed to be an ebb in momentum at Telect Inc. when the telecommunications equipment maker spun off a division in June that employed nearly 130 people and had annual sales of $9 million, someone forgot to tell CEO Wayne at the office

Technet, a Spokane support group for high-tech executives, plans to launch a forum that would help entrepreneurs here meet qualified investors who are willing to provide venture capital.Tentatively called the Technet Investors Forum, the new off