The organization thats working to establish an Institute for Systems Medicine here says a collaboration has been formed to do research on bioinformatics and medical informatics, both of which the institute would use heavily.The organization,

The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that a Spokane heavy-duty truck dealer didnt violate securities laws when he failed to inform two co-founders of the dealership about a big loan the business had guaranteed six months before they him a

Max J. Kuney Co., of Spokane, has begun construction on a westbound high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane and other improvements on Interstate 90 east of Seattle in its portion of a Washington state Department of Transportation project.Kuney bid be

Dix Corp., the longtime Spokane-based specialty contractor, is working with a Montana company on a massive project thats intended to help restore native fish runs to the dam-blocked headwaters of the Deschutes River in central Oregon.The a on

Eastern Washington University is soliciting offers for its four-story, 67,000-square-foot EWU Spokane Center building downtown, and plans to construct a larger building in the nearby Riverpoint Higher Education Park.That envisioned project, is

Six years ago, Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar opened in an 800-square-foot space in the food court at River Park Square downtown. Today, it has upscale restaurants in North Spokane and on the South Hill, a larger space in the downtown mall, and plans a

The owner of 49 Degrees North, a ski operation about 50 miles north of Spokane, plans this month to submit a master planned resort application to Stevens County that could pave the way for construction of a 2,700-living-unit, $1 billion development

Ralph Hamm III, one of Spokanes newest commercial bankers, will have a broad range of work experience on which to draw as he seeks to build relationships with business owners and managers here.Hamm, 36, who last month became Wells Fargo for a

Wheatland Bank, coming off double-digit growth in assets, deposits, and loans in 2006, has found tentative locations to add three branches here.The bank has signed letters of intent for the three sites, but doesnt want to disclose yet where a

Demand for commercial loans herefueled by Spokanes hot real estate markethas been strengthening over the past few years, and 2006 proved no exception, bankers say.Yet, intensifying competition in the banking industry here and an inverted