Fatbeam LLC, a fiber-optic broadband provider based in Coeur d'Alene, has entered into a 10-year agreement to lease to Yakima-based Noel Communications Inc. more than 60 miles of fiber-optic network in the Yakima area, says Greg Green, Fatbeam company p

Next IT Corp., the Spokane-based natural language software company, says its Alme conversational platform, in which virtual assistants interact with users, is now available for human resource management uses. The company, founded in 2002 by veteran Spoka

While Washingtonians agree on issues such as whether environmental activism is too aggressive and hurts economic growth, Eastern Washington voters disagree over whether the state should have legalized recreational marijuana, say the findings of a new surv

ACRAnet, a national background screening company headquartered in Spokane, has acquired the assets of AIRFactz, a competitor also based in Spokane, says Nicholas Warrick, ACRAnet's president and owner. ACRAnet, founded here in 1903 as Credit Bureau S

Looking for a career with low unemployment, a respectable salary, and good job prospects? With an unemployment rate of 3 percent, roughly half of the national average, accountants currently are in high demand here and across the country, says Rick Betts

The mining industry has been characterized in recent years by extreme volatility in the prices of precious metals and also other metals, including steel, iron ore, copper and aluminum.

The health care industry here expects to remain in a state of transition in the coming year as it continues to adapt to broad implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act.