Expect a softening next year in several of the Inland Northwests key industry sectors, but remember that any ebbing we see will be from the cresting tides of what has been a robust economy here. Gone, for now, are the record years in construction

Revett Minerals Inc. wants to be known as more than just a company that hopes to extract copper and silver from beneath a wilderness area in western Montana.Unlike many small mining ventures, the young Spokane Valley-based company already has a

If there were any residual perceptions about Potlatch Corp. being a wood-products company in a REITs clothing, CEO Michael Covey has been felling them like mature stands of western larch left too long in the asset column.Covey, who took the a

The resurgence of Hecla Mining Co.s venerable Lucky Friday mine near Mullan, Idaho, might seem remarkable enough, given recent strong production gains, plummeting cash costs, and a surge in hiring there. That rebirth, however, would pale in to if

Spokane International Airport plans to launch next year a $14 million upgrade to the rental-car area located northeast of the main terminal, including construction of a 22,000-square-foot service facility and expansion of the lot where vehicles are

Next month, Ambassadors Group Inc. will move into its new, 132,000-square-foot headquarters building on the West Plains, more than doubling the amount of space it occupies now in East Spokane.Doubling is a word the Spokane-based educational it

New executive-pay disclosure rules, triggered nationally in response to shareholder outrage over big CEO payouts and unclear disclosure, are shedding fresh light on the components of executive compensation, but also are making it more difficult to

A unit of Danish industrial-equipment manufacturer FLSmidth & Co. A/S has bought the materials-handling business and name of RAHCO International Inc., a longtime Spokane concern, in a transaction the buyer says likely will lead to employment growth

A Coeur dAlene-based technology startup plans to launch next week a communications software package it has developed to help doctors while they make patient rounds at hospitals and other health-care facilities.The company, InstiComm LLC, has

The new organization being formed through the merger of the Spokane chamber and economic-development council here is starting to come into focus, and whats clear already is that it will be bigger than its two predecessors.Since mid-November,