The Downtown Spokane Partnership, acting in its role as University District plan administrator, has hired a consultant to do an analysis of housing potential and needs in the U-District, located east of downtown.DSP President Marty Dickinson the

BlueStar Technologies Inc., the Blu-ray disc producer here formerly named BlueRay Technologies Inc., claims in a press release issued online last week that it has developed a system that allows consumers to record on Blu-ray discs, but still piracy

Fresenius Medical Care North America, a Waltham, Mass.-based operator of a nationwide network of kidney dialysis facilities, says it has launched a night-time dialysis program at the Fresenius Medical Care Spokane Kidney Center, at 610 S. new to in

Spokane Valley-based State Bank Northwest's net income jumped to $652,000 last year, up 17 percent from $556,000 in 2007, while its loans, deposits, and assets all grew by double-digit percentages, according to year-end financial documents it has a

Colfax-based Bank of Whitman, which has three branches in the Spokane area, has reported net income of $5.8 million for 2008, up 5 percent from $5.5 million the prior year. Loans and deposits both grew sharply.James Tribbett, the bank's and CEO,

A Spokane investor group plans to develop a two-story office building at the northeast corner of Nevada Street and Westview Court on Spokane's North Side.Spokane periodontist Dr. Steven Aeschliman, who will be majority owner of the building and

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, says its net margins—equivalent to net income—fell about 30 percent to $3.2 million last year, due partly to sharply higher service-related costs because of severe winter