The average rate for private rooms in assisted-living facilities in Washington state, excluding Seattle, is about $5,000 a year less than the national average and is rising much less quickly than it is nationally, according to a national survey. of

Inflation is the top retirement concern among pre-retirees and retirees who participated in a study sponsored by the Schaumberg, Ill.-based Society of Actuaries.The study found that respondents are worrying about the value of their assets up as

Idaho topped Washington by $300 million in high-tech merchandise exports last year, with both states cresting the $3 billion-a-year mark, according to a study released last month. Total U.S. high-tech exports fell by 3 percent, however, to $214 the

Green has reached the server room.Companies here that rely heavily on computer servers are turning to some high-tech strategies to battle the growing hunger such servers have for electrical power and to deal with the massive amounts of heat

49 Degrees North Mountain Resort says it has adopted a wait and see stance on a proposed $1 billion real estate development there it had announced last year, based on the troubled economy.The company still, however, plans to install a new a

Spokanes daily parking rates are among the lowest on the continent, suggests a new survey by the Washington, D.C.-based National Parking Association that examined parking rates in 131 markets throughout the U.S. and Canada. The survey looked

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, plans to build a $3.5 million structure for the Spokane branch of Modern Machinery Co. that will be more than double the size of the facility the Missoula-based heavy-equipment dealer occupies here.Modern of