Hospice of North Idaho says it plans to begin construction next spring on a $3.5 million Hospice House facility on a six-acre piece of property it has purchased at 2212 W. Prairie, in Coeur d'Alene.The land, which the nonprofit recently bought a

Clare House LLC and Clare House Bungalow Homes LLC each have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection here, forestalling trustees' sales of a South Hill senior housing development. The three properties that comprise the development, at 4827 a

Spokane City Councilman Al French says he will run for Spokane County Commissioner Bonnie Mager's seat in the general election next year. The two-term councilman, architect, and businessman, who hasn't waged a partisan campaign before, says he a

The Spokane County hearing examiner has denied a request by Spokane developers Dennis Swartout and his son, Ben, for a height exemption to allow construction of two 12-story condominium towers on the South Hill.Michael Dempsey, the hearing a

Washington State University has selected Seattle architectural firm NBBJ to design a $45 million medical-sciences building that's to be constructed at the Riverpoint Campus east of downtown. A general contractor and construction manager will be to

Avista Corp. and several partners would make a $38 million investment in technology and equipment in Pullman if a $178 million five-state demonstration project is a winner in a national competition for federal stimulus grants that would cover half

Agilent Technologies Inc., the Santa Clara, Calif.-based scientific-instrument maker, says it has decided to move its Liberty Lake operations into leased space and out of a much larger complex that it owns here after having reduced its Spokane-area