Old Standard Life Insurance Co., an affiliate of Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., says its commercial lending division is on track for a record year, based on mid-year results.The division posted $338.3 million in closed of

This game called Blongoball, it doesnt look like much.The ball is a short nylon rope with golf balls attached to each end. The target, called a blongoal, is a three-foot-high structure made of PVC pipe. The object of the game is to so

The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries proposal to raise workers compensation premiums by 19.4 percent next yearfollowing a 29 percent hike this yearis likely to be met with vehement opposition.The department was to the

Three groups have teamed up to study the feasibility of bringing fixed-rail streetcars back to downtown Spokane. The studys supportersthe Downtown Spokane Partnership, the Spokane Regional Transportation Council, and the Spokane Transit the

When a patient of Dr. Ryan Holbrook, a surgical oncologist with Cancer Care Northwest, of Spokane, came to him two months ago, her condition was grim.The 74-year-old woman had kicked colon cancer years earlier, but the disease was back. This it

Gonzaga Preparatory School is seeking to have the Washington state Housing Finance Commission issue $10 million in bonds to remodel part of the private Spokane high school and to refinance debt from past improvements.The commission plans to on

An investment group affiliated with Spokane developer John Stone has sold partial interests in three Seattle-area assisted-living centers it owns to Seattle-based Merrill Gardens LLC, a big operator of senior-housing communities nationwide. As

A Spokane development group hopes to start work this fall on a $2.3 million condominium complex, to be called Bridge Pointe Condominiums, on a site overlooking High Bridge Park, in West Spokane.Steven A. Meek, a member of the development group,

The Spokane-area residential real estate market is bustling as home sales have surged, and the job market is soft, so throngs of people are choosing to become real estate agents, right?Not this time around.While hot real estate markets in a

The Spokane areas three largest four-year colleges expect record-breaking enrollments this fall, and their numbers of students continue to grow as more echo baby boomers reach college age.Freshman class sizes are increasing at Gonzaga and and