The Health Improvement Partnership, a Spokane nonprofit organization, is working through a community initiative called Expanded Choice to develop health-benefit options to offer to uninsured workers in an 11-county Eastern Washington area.Sharon

U.S. Pies Realty LLC, an affiliate of Spokane-based Cyrus OLearys Wholesale Pies, has bought six acres of land in Airway Heights and is studying the feasibility of constructing a 35,000-square-foot pie-production facility there.Barclay of of

A hearing in Boise next week is expected to close the books on the 1997 Chapter 11 reorganization of Schweitzer Mountain Resort, in which creditors were repaid an average of 75 cents on the dollar, court documents show.Thats a very good for

If youve walked into a convenience store in the Pacific Northwest to pay for gas or to buy snacks, its quite possible that you also have looked at, been tempted by, and maybe even snatched up products sold by Doug Huffmans Spokane-based items

A Washington State University professor here has developed what he believes are accurate new methods for measuring the Spokane areas economic growth.Don Epley, an urban economist and a professor of real estate and finance at WSUs Spokane he

With the opening of the large Sportsmans Warehouse store near the Spokane Valley Mall late last summer, another big-league player has taken the field in what appears to be an increasingly competitive market for sporting goods here.For the most

Graham Group Ltd., a large Calgary, Alberta-based construction company, is buying the assets of the former Shea Construction Inc., a longtime Spokane general contractor that went out of business last month, and the Canadian concern has started a 45

Ask John Bole, CEO of Yokes Washington Foods Inc., the secret to the success of the Spokane-based chain of nine grocery stores, and hell tell you the story about the floral department manager who wanted to sell Beanie Babies. The store it

With the regional energy supply improving, Avista Utilities says it should have adequate power to serve its customers this winter.Dick Storro, the Spokane utilitys manager of wholesale marketing, says hes comfortable with the companys on a

Soon, the familiar old radio and TV jingle for Sylvan Furniture Co.s downtown Spokane store no longer will be applicable. The 56-year-old store is moving to a two-level, 19,000-square-foot building at 1233 N. Division from its three-story, at