Meetings & Events Washington Public Campaigns will hold a public forum and panel discussion titled Achieving Health Care for All, on Wednesday, May 27, at 7 p.m., in the Spokane Community College Lair Auditorium, 1810 N. Greene. There

The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association, a nonprofit trade group for life-sciences enterprises, has opened an office in the Sirti Building on the Riverpoint Campus here.Chris Rivera, WBBA's president, says the organization, which a

A former home builder and entrepreneur in Greenacres has filed for Chapter 7 protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, listing debts of almost $2.3 million.In his filing, Victor Jay Grant says he operated a custom-home company of

The company that owns Thompson's Chevron, at Third Avenue and Monroe Street, has acquired the former Mercedes-Benz dealership property next door, and says it's looking for a tenant to take the entire block.The family-owned concern, F.A.T. Family

Renton, Wash.-based Service Paper Co., which operates distribution centers in Renton, Portland, and Spokane, has purchased Easy Packaging Northwest, of Spokane, for an undisclosed sum and has combined business operations here, says Larry Baker, the

The city of Spokane Valley plans to begin resurfacing busy Sprague Avenue between University and Evergreen roads in July.Spokane Rock Products, Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $2 million, for the project which was by

The nonprofit health-care provider Community Health Association of Spokane, which operates five clinics here, says it will consolidate its administrative operations into space it has leased in the Liberty Building downtown and will move 50 staff a

Intermountain Community Bancorp, of Sandpoint, has put its headquarters building on the market, but says the region's troubled economy had nothing to do with that decision.Even though it has been in its 90,000-square-foot new Sandpoint Center a

A developer of upscale residential subdivisions north of Spokane says he plans to divide 763 acres into 73 lots for single-family residences that are expected to have a total combined value of more than $36 million when completed. A substantial of

The Spokane Public Facilities District board plans to launch a new entertainment division that would produce, and market live events to be held at its venues here.The new entertainment division, which doesn't yet have a staff or budget, will be