The Spokane Regional Health District is asking Spokane County and the cities within it to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes and nicotine to minors. The district claims that its call to outlaw electronic-cigarette sales to minors is the first of

From 1998 to 2007, the use of CT or MRI scans in emergency departments for injury-related conditions increased about threefold without a similar increase in the prevalence of the diagnosis of certain life-threatening trauma-related conditions, says

Spencer's Antiques & Collectibles Emporium has moved from an 8,500-square-foot space at 3818 N. Market to a 14,200-square-foot space at 1325 N. Division.Kay Kallenbach, owner of the antiques mall, says the Washington state Department of bought a

The city of Spokane has awarded a $570,000 contract to Arc Electric & Lighting Corp., of Spokane, to lay about 25,300 linear feet of fiber-optic cable along Third Avenue between Division and Maple streets.The cable will transfer information from

Boise-based Green Home LLC, a home energy-efficiency improvement contractor, has leased 4,200 square feet of space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3808 N. Sullivan, and has opened a branch office there. Chase Breckner, of Crown West a

Two Spokane law offices have leased office space in the Fernwell Building, at 505 W. Riverside downtown.One of the firms, Felice Law Offices PS, plans to occupy 2,000 square feet of space on the second floor of the Fernwell, moving from 3,000 of

Mobile real estate team changes affiliation Joe and Julie Ann Young, a Spokane husband-wife real estate team, have changed their affiliation from Windermere Real Estate/Cornerstone to Re/Max of Spokane. Julie Anne Young says she and