A subsidiary of Community Health Systems Inc., the Franklin, Tenn.-based hospital network operator that owns Deaconess Medical Center, Valley Hospital & Medical Center, and Rockwood Clinic PS here, has acquired the assets of Spokane-based Option is

Command Center Inc., the Post Falls-based temporary staffing company, has set up an office in tornado-devastated Joplin, Mo., and earlier this month began hiring workers from that region to handle cleanup and reconstruction jobs.As rebuilding to

Spokane Public Schools says it expects to take control of the former Mann Hall Army Reserve Center property in Hillyard later this year and has short-term plans to use the facilities there for storage and offices for program support staff.Longer

Sirti, the Spokane-based Washington state economic development agency, has received final state clearance to move ahead with a major transformation.A bill signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire last week will abolish Sirti and a Seattle counterpart, the

A holding company named Madison Hotel Apartments LLC that owns a downtown Spokane apartment building, located at 1021 W. First, has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here.In a voluntary filing, the holding company of A

Spokane-based software developer Softechnologies Corp. says it has launched a new product designed to help businesses with field-service workers track and organize that work force.That new software suite, called Mobility Suite EMB, is a direct a

Spokane-based Goldrich Mining Co. says it expects to start drilling later this month in the Chandalar gold district of Alaska.Goldrich recently raised about $2 million in a private placement of its common stock, and will use those proceeds to at