Imagine a battle in which an armys troops become confused and attack each other, rather than their enemy. In war, mistakenly attacking an ally is called friendly fire. When that nightmarish scenario happens inside the human body, its called

Tawni Spargur felt blindsided when she was diagnosed six months ago with lung cancer.The 46-year-old Spokane woman had been concerned enough about breast cancer to perform self examinations and to undergo recommended medical screenings to early

Jan Richardson says she has grown accustomed to going against the grain with her career decisions.Richardson, who owns and is the general manager of the combined Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo auto dealerships here, chose to work in an by an

Boise-based Clearwater Lodging LLC says it plans to add to the crush of residential developments planned or under way in Kellogg, Idaho, with a 32-unit luxury condo complex its developing near Silver Mountain Resort, at a cost of $10 project, to

Two of four owners of the Sonic Drive-In franchise restaurant here say they plan to develop two retail buildings next to a new Sonic Drive-In outlet the group is building in Post Falls.The franchise group, Spokane-based Clarus Group LLC, work a

Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative, which has more than 120,000 members in Eastern Washington, says it plans to move its South Hill clinic later this year to the Regal Place professional building thats rising on the west side of Regal Street

Freds Appliance Inc., of Spokane, plans to open a new retail outlet this year in a 20,000-square-foot building to be built for the store just west of the Spokane Valley Mall. In addition to leasing that building, Freds Appliance plans to two to

Robert B. Goebel General Contractor Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to build the $35 million Salvation Army Coeur dAlene Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, in Coeur dAlene.Terry Goebel, vice president of R.B. Goebel, says

Developer Marshall Chesrown says hes pursuing tentative plans to build a private school in the Legacy Ridge subdivision at Liberty Lake that he is developing through Coeur dAlene-based Black Rock Development Inc.Chesrown, CEO of Black Rock,

A Coeur dAlene company is developing a four-story, 60,000-square-foot office building on Northwest Boulevard south of Interstate 90 in Coeur dAlene. The building, to be called RiverView Tower, will sit on a 3-acre site at 2100 Northwest the