Sacred Heart Medical Center says its robotic heart-surgery program has become the busiest on the West Coast, and with the purchase of a second robotic system earlier this year, the Spokane hospital now believes its positioned itself to become a a

A tiny clot-removing surgical device that looks like a corkscrew is said to be saving lives at Sacred Heart Medical Center and reducing the level of disability experienced by some stroke victims.The device, formally called the Merci Retriever,

Lives are being saved at hospitals here thanks to the pairing of medical professionals into new crisis teams, Spokane-area nurse managers assert.Three of the Spokane-areas four major hospitalsSacred Heart Medical Center, Holy Family and & a

Near the sleepy town of Spangle south of Spokane, in a building across the road from a 3,000-acre cattle ranch, is the main office of Gregory I.P. Law, a one-person law firm owned and staffed by patent attorney Randy Gregory. The bucolic might

Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole PS, a longtime Spokane law firm that has weathered more than a centurys worth of changing tides in the economy, says its currently on an upswing.The firm, which was established here in 1884, claims to

A Newport couple, Stan and Peggy McDaniel, say they plan to develop a 275-lot subdivision for recreational vehicles on a plateau north of that city near the Pend Oreille River. They estimate the total cost of the development at $18 million.The

Clarus Group LLC, of Spokane, which opened a Sonic Drive-In restaurant here in May, says it plans to open another Sonic eatery near a busy Post Falls intersection next spring.Preston Hawkins, a Pasadena, Calif.-based businessman who co-owns of

A Spokane development group led by Lexington Homes Inc. President Dave Nerren plans to build a two-story office building along Southeast Boulevard, on Spokanes South Hill. Design work on the structure is under way, and construction is to two

Jack Riggs life has been full of projects. A retired Coeur dAlene physician, former Idaho state senator and lieutenant governor, and current president of a nationwide restaurant chain, Riggs says nearly every endeavor he has undertaken in a

Avista Corp. has increased its common stock dividend yet again and seems intent on continuing to boost that key indicator of the companys financial health.The companys board of directors declared on Aug. 16 a quarterly dividend of 14.5 a 15