The Washington state Department of Transportation has prepared a draft list of $82.6 million in projects here that it would propose in Eastern Washington should more federal stimulus money come to the state for road construction projects.The a a

A fundraising that regulators have required Sterling Savings Bank to perform could end up totaling $600 million, rather than $300 million, two of the Spokane bank's top executives say.The amount of equity capital Sterling will need to raise is 1

A dwindling supply of big construction projects is leading to unhealthy competition among bidders for too few jobs, some in the industry say.While project owners are benefiting from low bids, contractors are going farther to bid for work, are on

Small-town doctors don't deliver babies very often, but to keep their skills current—and to avoid catastrophic medical mistakes—they can practice deliveries with childbirth simulators at the University of Washington School of another can

Valley Hospital & Medical Center, which experienced a surge in patients after adding staff last year, is exploring the possibility of expanding, possibly through the construction of a tower, and says construction could begin as early as looking at

The Waterford on South Hill retirement community has launched a multimillion-dollar facelift of its main building on its campus, but also is experiencing the effects of a difficult economy, with higher-than-normal vacancies. Meanwhile its cottage