Engineers, architects, real estate developers, building contractors, and other professionals are enrolling in a young program offered through the Institute for Extended Learning here that prepares students to advise their employers and clients on a

Two University of Idaho professors, Harley Johansen and Michele O'Neill, have landed a $20,000 U.S. State Department grant to investigate how ethnicity plays into the development of businesses in the southeastern European and former communist of is

Washington State University says it plans to open a data center on the Riverpoint Campus here that will house the supercomputer it uses to do contract research.It already has begun work on the center, which will be located in the Phase I that's

Thousands of restaurant workers could face layoffs in coming months, according to a recent survey of restaurant owners.More than half of restaurant owners and managers who responded to a recent Washington Restaurant Association member survey to

Kootenai Heart Center, in Coeur d'Alene, is providing low-cost screenings this month to measure patients' risk factors for heart disease.The screenings are open to everyone, but the main focus is to encourage women to be more aware of their many

Health-care benefits can make up nearly one-third of a company's total payroll expense. As employers face challenging economic times, there are ways they can get a handle on this ever-growing cost while still keeping employees engaged and despite a

Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School, in Houston, have identified family history as one reason why some people might be more susceptible to shingles, a severe skin condition. Their findings were published last year in an issue of a

Internal Medicine Residency Spokane, which is located at the Fifth & Browne Medical Center near downtown, has opened a new clinic to provide HIV and AIDS patients with medical care.Internal Medicine is a three-year internal medicine residency of