The number of patients who seek treatment at Deaconess Medical Centers cystic-fibrosis clinic has risen in recent years, but those who operate the clinic say the increase in activity is occurring for the right reasons. Many of those who from

Medical procedures can be scary for patients of any age. For children, they can be terrifying.One 60-year-old Spokane man remembers, as a child, screaming in total fear while being wheeled down a hospital corridor on his way to a surgery he as

Wind Wireless Inc. and Cutting Edge Communications Inc., both of Spokane, have teamed up to launch free wireless Internet service in the downtown area.Winds chief technical officer, Bob Kirkpatrick, says the high-speed, wireless-fidelity, or

Fred Meyer Stores, of Portland, hopes to start a $3.3 million remodeling project at its 28-year-old supercenter in Spokane Valley. The Valley store is located near the northeast corner of Sprague Avenue and Sullivan Road and is one of four Fred

Allegra Print & Imaging, formed last month through the merger of two Coeur dAlene printing businesses, says it plans to break ground on an estimated $1.6 million printing plant in Coeur dAlene by next fall.The planned 14,000-square-foot is

Two Spokane businessmen plan to open a casino, restaurant, and bar in a prominent barn-shaped building at the northwest corner of Division Street and Francis Avenue on the citys North Side.One of the businessmen, Jerry Heggestad, says he and

Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder on a nearly five-mile resurfacing project in North Spokane that will include major changes at the busy intersection known as the Division Street Y.One additional northbound lane of

A development group led by Spokane real estate executive John Becker has bought the former Ram Brewery & Restaurant building, just north of downtown, and plans to convert the three-story structure, formally called the Park Center Building, into to

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on a $5.3 million expansion of the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. outlet near the Division Street Y, on Spokanes North Side. The project involves adding grocery space to the store and it into a

Its Web site says, All you do is gather photos, sit back in a favorite chair, and talk.The product is a video biography of individuals or couples, ranging in length from five to about 50 minutes, and a Spokane Valley company called Films is