Spokane-area hospitals are bracing for another upsurge in the cyclical shortage of nursesonly this cycle is expected to be more significant and longer-lasting than those experienced in the past.This (shortage) isnt going to go awayat not

Paras General Contractors Inc., of Spokane, has landed a contract to build a $6 million, 155,000-square-foot plant building at Liberty Lake for Accra-Fab Inc., the Spokane-based precision sheet metal fabricator.Tina Paras, spokeswoman for Paras

Tidymans LLC, the Spokane-based supermarket chain, has bought the Helena County Market grocery store in Helena, Mont., bringing to 22 the number of stores it now operates.Patty Kilcup, a Tidymans spokeswoman, says the chain decided to buy it

WestCoast Hospitality Corp., of Spokane, soon will launch a new version of its Internet ticketing site that will allow customers to book hotel rooms, event tickets, and entertainment packages on line, all at once.The site, www.ticketswest.com, a

Lyle Anderson, executive director of the Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute, has announced to SIRTIs board that he intends to resign this summer.Andersons contract expires at the end of next month, but at the request of

Electromart Factory Direct Inc., a longtime Spokane computer and appliance dealer plans to close at the end of the month, after 55 years in business here.Tightening margins on computer sales, competition from computer manufacturers that sell to

Spokane Teachers Credit Union, Spokanes biggest credit union, plans in August to open a branch in the skywalk level of the Crescent Court downtown.Teachers is the first credit union to open such a highly visible branch in the downtown core, at

Businesses and homeowners in the city of Spokane and Spokane County will pay mostly lower property-tax levy rates this year, after seeing rates climb last year for the first time in a number of years.Basically, we did a better job of says John

Fifty-pound bags of devils-food cake mix, 35-pound buckets of peanut butter, 100-pound sacks of flaked coconut, and similarly huge quantities of sugars, flours, grains, dried beans, and peas dot A&T Specialty Foods Inc.s store here. Shelves and

The Washington state Department of Transportation is expected to begin design and engineering work this summer and to start construction early next year on a new freeway on-ramp that would carry vehicles headed northbound on Division Street from of