Providence Health & Services, the big health services network that includes Spokane-based Providence Health Care, is poised to do something Epic with its health records system, a move that it expects will make its operations more is preparing to by

Spokane County's planning department is in the process of updating the county's urban growth area boundaries, which determine higher-density residential zones as well as commercial- and industrial-zoned parcels of land around cities. The current

Two and three years ago, Spokane Realtor Ron McIntire had to shovel out front doors in order to show houses. At the time, McIntire says, about four in 10 houses on the market were vacant, and many listing agents didn't keep the sidewalks clear.

ReliOn Inc., the Spokane Valley maker of fuel-cell-powered critical backup power systems, says it expects strong revenue growth this year and to attain profitability next year through expanding markets, new product sales, and general settling in on