Women with waistlines of 35 inches or more are at greater risk of heart disease than thinner women, according to a new study by researchers at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia and Sister to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart Foundation. The study a

Patty Nixon, who worked as a registered nurse at Holy Family Hospital, of Spokane, for 35 years, loved to work with her hands. Those hands once played the violin in the Spokane Symphony, plucked harp strings, planted vegetables in her garden, a

An ovarian cancer treatment protocol that had fallen out of favor over the past 20 years is re-emerging after a recent study found that the little-used method can extend a patients life by more than a year. Thats encouraging news for of 95

Kearsley Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to construct a three-story, about 71,000-square-foot business and social science building at Spokane Falls Community College here.Kearsleys bid for the project was about Work

Dutch Bros. Coffee LLC, a Grants Pass, Ore.-based drive-through coffee chain, says its franchisees for the Spokane market are planning to open about 10 stores here in the next few years, and will open the first of the shops this spring work is way

Avista Corp. is considering participating in an expansion of delivery infrastructure at its one-third owned Jackson Prairie underground natural-gas storage facility in Western Washington.The multimillion-dollar expansion likely would be in the

POST FALLSLightning might not strike in the same place twice, as the saying goes, but AC Data Systems Inc. has developed a way to summon its sheer energyover and over againin a laboratory setting. It now is using that capability to improve to

The city of Hayden, Idaho, has received six preliminary annexation proposals covering a total of 850 acres in area already this year, but wont hold public hearings on the requests until it completes transportation and sewer master plans that are

A husband and wife, both of whom are Spokane-area physicians, have bought the former Sunrise Wood Products Inc. building, located along the Spokane River east of downtown, and plan to convert the building into condominiums.Dr. Andrew Chester he

A company led by George Gee Automotive Group President Ryan Gee has acquired the assets of Tri-City Nissan, in Pasco, Wash. The Pasco dealership employs 60 people and sells some 2,000 new and used cars annually, says Gee, who is managing of WG