Iasis Molecular Sciences LLC, a Spokane-based pharmaceutical-medical device company, is moving ahead with the early stages of research on two new innovations after landing National Institutes of Health grants worth a total of about $645,000.The

ArtWorks Spokane Inc. owner Nancy Jones has worked professionally in paints since 1985. The kinds of paints, the products painted, and the ways it's sold have changed dramatically through the years, and Jones has adjusted through each trend and I'm

Some Spokane-area retirement center operators say occupancies are on the rise and that moving activity within their centers, such as from independent-living to assisted-living units, also has picked up this year. While some describe the activity

A minimally invasive procedure to repair vertebrae fractures common in osteoporosis sufferers has become slightly less invasive at Valley Hospital.Called vertebroplasty, the procedure involves injecting a special bone cement into compression in

In the midst of a transition that involves selling hotels, paying off debt, and a subtle rebranding, Red Lion Hotels Corp. expects franchising to emerge as a primary vehicle for its growth. The Spokane-based hotelier has announced hotel sales in

For the second consecutive year, executive compensation at Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies increased by double digits in 2011. The 13.3 percent rise in average total compensation was lower than the 17.9 percent increase in 2010,

Two months into her job as superintendent of Spokane Public Schools, Shelley Redinger has joined the boards at Greater Spokane Incorporated, United Way of Spokane County, and become involved in the downtown chapter of Rotary Club. In recent the

Years ago, Holly Galow's first client with low vision was a fiercely patriotic World War II veteran who became dispirited after an election ballot he had mailed in was rejected for having an illegitimate signature. Galow, an occupational who in

Spokane County is one of two in Washington state that doesn't have a port district, and Greater Spokane Incorporated is exploring anew-nearly three decades after an unsuccessful bid-whether one should be created here. GSI President and CEO Rich