Tax-law changes for 2003 were intended to keep cash in individuals pockets so they would pump money into the economy, and the law definitely will accomplish the former. Some of the changes were meant to give businesses more to spend as well.A

A recent jump in demand for physical-rehabilitation specialists has given a boost to a Spokane Valley company that provides such workers temporarily.As a result of the increased activity, the company, Northwest Therapy Resources PS, is looking

Purcell Systems Inc., of Liberty Lake, has quadrupled the production capacity at its manufacturing facility here in an effort to handle soaring sales volumes.Rick Varnell, Purcells vice president of sales, says the companys sales this year

Iron Bridge LLC has secured a tenant to take most of the first building at its Iron Bridge Corporate Campus and hopes to start work soon on $30 million in additional structures at the largely undeveloped office park along the Spokane River east of

Huntwood Industries Inc., the big Spokane Valley-based cabinet maker, has decided to build a massive new manufacturing facility in Liberty Lake that will allow it to quadruple its production volume in coming years.Tim Hunt, chief executive and

Spokane Cardiology PS, of Spokane, plans next month to open its own heart-catheterization laboratory.Lloyd Guthrie, executive director of Spokane Cardiology, says the practice has leased a 3,500-square-foot space next to its office on the third

Empire Health Services, of Spokane, has decided to move forward with $12.5 million in construction projects during the next two years.Garman Lutz, interim president and CEO of the nonprofit operator of Deaconess Medical Center and Valley & says

Fairchild Air Force Base will be bustling with construction activity in coming months, even if it doesnt get new air tankers.The U.S. Air Force awarded about $31 million in work at the West Plains base recently, and most of the projects are a

Having held its own during a tough national economy the past few years, Spokane-based EZ Loader Boat Trailers Inc. has been making and shipping more trailers this year as activity in the boating industry has picked up.Rick Norman, sales and for

Sparkys Inc., a Spokane company that operated a chain of Sparkys Firehouse Subs restaurants here, has converted a Chapter 11 reorganization it filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court earlier this year to a Chapter 7 liquidation.A separately owned in