As regulators in Washington state and elsewhere consider a proposed merger of Qwest Communications International Inc. and CenturyTel Inc., officials of the two telecom companies say it's too early to say what impacts the marriage could have on but

Greater Spokane Incorporated has contracted with a Pittsburgh firm to prepare a business plan for a proposed four-year medical school here, and a committee on graduate medical education has contracted with a Chicago firm for a study on how to for a

The city of Spokane Valley has taken the first steps toward dismantling its Sprague-Appleway Revitalization Plan, which was envisioned to attract development by cultivating a city center.The plan, known as SARP, which was written over six years

Liberty Lake real estate development company Greenstone Corp. is expecting a flurry of construction activity and rising sales in its developments here and in North Idaho in 2011, says Jim Frank, the company's CEO.Altogether, the value of active

Every physical item we touch on a daily basis, from food to clothes to cars, has been affected by the technology of fluid power at some point before it has landed in our hands, says John Norman, department chair of Spokane Community College's and a