Although the benefits from Medicare supplement insurance, also known as Medigap, have been standardized since 1992, consumers continue to encounter striking differences in premium rates for policies that offer identical coverage, says Weiss Ratings

Customized programs and new medicines for the millions of Americans who suffer from dementia-related illnesses are being used here to ease the process of irreversible memory loss, and dementia-care experts are expecting rising demand for those as a

Spokane Baptist Association Homes CEO Glen Pierce realized four years ago that if the organizations 96-unit Holman Gardens Retirement Community, in Spokane Valley, wanted to survive, it would need to undergo a financial restructuring.To make

Freedom RV Inc., a recreational-vehicle dealership in Spokane Valley, has bought a building at 7807 E. Sprague that it had leased for about a year.Barry Danzig, who co-owns Freedom RV with his father, Murray Danzig, says the company bought the

As gas prices skyrocket and the snow season approaches, manufacturers are introducing smaller sports-utility vehicles that allow consumers to spend more time driving in the mountains and less money at the gas pump.Six new midsize SUVs are or is

Spokane Junior Academy, a private school operated by Seventh-day Adventist churches for children in kindergarten through 10th grade, has started site development for its long-envisioned new school building in northwest Spokane.Art Lenz, for the

Isothermal Systems Research Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of technology that cools electronics, has formed a strategic alliance with London-based Smiths Aerospace to develop jointly products and programs for both the military and commercial is

Superior Tramway Co., of Spokane, has been awarded contracts totaling about $6.5 million for projects at Crystal Mountain, a ski resort near Mount Rainier in Western Washington, and at the Lookout Pass Ski & Recreation Area along Interstate 90 near

Itronix Corp., of Spokane, is in line to receive $6.5 million for a project to ruggedize a handheld computer for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. Funding for the project, called the Warfighter Pocket XP project, currently is included in

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