Construction is under way on the first phase of what ultimately is expected to be an approximately $50 million skilled-nursing and retirement complex in Post Falls that will include a total of 320 rooms and apartments. Life Care Centers of in a

The Idaho Transportation Department is getting ready to submit to the Federal Highway Administration its final environmental impact statement for its planned conversion of 31 miles of U.S. 95 to a four-lane divided highway, says department Barbara

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has landed three big projects around the state that have a combined value of more than $150 million.Lydig was expected to start work this week on one of the projects, a $66.5 million new high school near is

Inland Northwest new-home buyers, especially those moving here from other metropolitan areas, are starting to ask home builders for greener homes.Their requests have been heard by enough contractors that the Spokane Home Builders (SHBA), in

Also says that taking an oral contraceptive less than eight years wont boost cancer riskTaking the contraceptive pill doesnt increase a womans chances of developing cancer and may even reduce the risk for most women, according to a recent

The national trend toward obesity is hampering womens ability to conceive children and to maintain pregnancies, says Dr. Edwin Robins, a Spokane physician who specializes in fertility issues. Robins, of Spokanes Center for Reproductive & a

At least one-third of U.S. women will suffer pelvic health problems by age 60, sometimes including heavy menstrual bleeding or incontinence, but many of them dont seek medical help, a national study and health-care providers here say.The of a

The owner of Isabellas Restaurant & Gin Joint says he plans to open a jazz club at 22 W. Main, across the street from his restaurant, around the end of November.The owner, William Webster, says the new nightclub, to be called Zula, will what

Coastal Community Bank, of Everett, Wash., says it plans to open its first full-service branch in Eastern Washington in downtown Spokane this winter.The bank opened a loan-production office here last December and moved that office in July to in

A two-story, $4.2 million addition is planned at St. Josephs Care Center here that will result in the equivalent of more than 20 new full-time positions.The new wing will become the front entry for the center, located at 17 E. Eighth, and is