The percentage of women who deliver their babies surgically by Cesarean section is climbing steadily, here and around the world, and local health-care experts cite several reasons for the trend.Spokane-area hospitals say that up to 33 percent a

A well-established medication now is being administered here as a nonsurgical alternative to liposuction. Laser & Vein Center PLLC, a physician-owned Coeur dAlene company that does business as Reflections Med Spas, earlier this month began is

Nadine Sullivans shop sells old Levis jeans that will keep your house warm, rather than your wardrobe in vogue. She has paper that at one time you could write ononly now you can prepare food on. Sullivans shop, Eco Depot Inc., a of

5-Mile Investment Co., of Spokane, which owns the Five Mile Shopping Center, in North Spokane, plans to develop a multitenant retail building just east of the center, at 6314 N. Ash. It would become the fourth structure the company owns on that to

Robotic Process Systems Inc., of Spokane Valley, has introduced a smaller, less expensive robotic system designed to solder connectors and other components onto circuit boards for automotive, aerospace, and other commercial uses.Larger systems

A newly formed Hayden concern, named Plan B Development Co., is developing a complex of small-business condominiums in that North Idaho city to sell for light-industrial, commercial, and office uses.Debbie Lawton, who owns the company with her

A Seattle environmental company is the apparent low bidder for a contract to demolish structures and do cleanup work within the next month at the former stockyards property in East Spokane, where Spokane County plans to build a waste-water company,

Construction activity is expected to pick up soon at the Wandermere Business Park, which a company led by Spokane contractor Dick Vandervert started developing last year.A 20,000-square-foot office building and a Bank of Whitman branch both are

Liberty Lake Investments LLC, of Hayden, Idaho, says its proposing to build a big residential and commercial development on 100 acres of land in eastern Liberty Lake.Tentatively called Liberty Village, the master-planned community is expected

Some of the Spokane areas big distribution centers are getting bigger. Expansions are under way at a number of facilities that are seeking to ease overcrowding and keep up with demand.In our case, its because were growing faster and