Two hefty draft documents that most Spokane-area business owners probably know little about could raise the costs of dealing with storm-water runoff regulations beginning next year, some reviewers of the documents say.The documents, which about

Spokane businessman Rick Woodbury believes hes come up with a product that will revolutionize the automotive industry. Theres just one obstacle: He needs $20 million to begin mass-producing it.The product is an all-electric commuter car, to

Unlawful-detainer filings, which landlords use in Washington state to forcibly evict tenants who have violated rental-agreement terms and then ignored notices to leave, have tripled in Spokane County over the last 10 years.The number of such in

Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, has reported net income of about $366,000 for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, down markedly from net income of about $5 million in the year-earlier quarter.The latest quarterly were on

Inland Imaging LLC, which touts itself as the Inland Northwests largest provider of radiology services, is taking steps on multiple fronts to upgrade or broaden those services even further.The Spokane-based enterprise is spending more than $1

Interface Computer School plans to close its Spokane Valley training center, one of three it operates here, due to a downturn in enrollment.Dave Wilson, who owns the Spokane-based business with his wife, Linda, says the school plans to vacate a

United Furniture Warehouse, a Canadian-based 155-store discount chain, has decided to close its two Spokane stores and one in Moses Lake as part of a big consolidation of its struggling U.S. operations, company President John Volken says.The at

Greg Deckard has made a career out of wearing multiple hats at small community banks here. He confesses, though, that the breadth of his responsibilities widened considerably after he became president and CEO of State National Bank here in May at a

Steve Strange says he was thrilled after buying a rare 1964-1/2 Mustang convertible in 1968 while he was a junior in high school. It wasnt until two years later, though, when he traded that car in on a hot new 1970 Mach 1 Mustang, that his into a

World Wide Packets, of Spokane, found itself within the fallout radius of the technology-industry meltdown last year, and since then has been trying to wait out what founder and CEO Bernard Daines describes as a nuclear winter.He remains in