Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank plans to open two new retail bank branches in the Seattle areaincluding its first retail branch in downtown Seattlenext month. The second new branch will be located north of Seattle, in Lynnwood.The two a

Gonzaga University says it plans to offer once again its own undergraduate nursing degree and ultimately to end its longtime relationship with the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing. Mary Sue Gorski, chairwoman of by

Spokane discount grocer Mike Clancy, who owns two Grocery Outlet stores here, plans to move his North Side store to an anchor space in the Northgate Shopping Center, at the southeast corner of Division Street and Lincoln Road.Clancy says he has

Nine years ago, Skip Davis needed a place like Sacred Heart Medical Center about as much as Sacred Heart needed a person like Davis.In his mid-50s at the time, Davis was living in Sacramento, Calif., and working for a national consulting firm a

Two big housing projectswhich together would add more than 300 apartments and nearly 300 homes to the growing Indian Trail Road areacould be moving ahead soon.The smaller of the two projects, a 96-unit apartment complex to be called Selkirk

In 1991, a newly minted religious studies and philosophy graduate of Gonzaga University pitched a business idea to the developers of NorthTown Mall, and, without a business background, drafted a business plan, borrowed money from a bank, and went a

Gonzaga University says it has raised $148 million through a capital campaign it launched three years ago, far exceeding its $119 million goal, and plans to conclude the campaign at a ceremony next week. The ceremony will be held Oct. 20 at the

Ever see a working scale model of a 600-foot-long dam and more than a half-mile of river through which water flows just as it would in real life as the dams infrastructure is altered?Avista Corp. has had an engineering company build such a of

Want to build a granny flat?That type of dwelling, known more formally as a detached accessory dwelling unit, and other unconventional types of housing could become easier to build in Spokane if the city approves proposed changes to its code. a

American hospitals improved womens survival rates by 11 percent for cardiac disease and stroke from 2001 through 2003, according to a study released this summer by Health Grades Inc., a Golden, Colo.-based health-care ratings company.A was a