A sweeping and somewhat controversial new banking law, dubbed Check 21, thats intended to speed up check processing and reduce processing costs became effective three months ago, but has caused nary a stir here yet.Spokane-area financial

A North Idaho company recently started work on the first phase of a planned assisted-living facility in Hayden, Idaho, called Wellspring Meadows.The first phase will include one of four buildings that each will house 15 residents, says Jim who

Washington state reimbursed nursing homes $100 million less than what it cost them in 2003 to care for elderly Medicaid patients, who account for more than two-thirds of their residents, the nursing home industry claims.By reimbursing nursing a

Riverview Retirement Community, of Spokane, is planning a $10 million expansion of its campus in East Spokane.Design work is under way on an independent-living complex there that will include between 20 and 25 duplex buildings, with a total of

John Amistoso understands that when it comes to the appliance business, its better to be the hunter than the hunted.The owner of Freds Appliance Inc., who also is an avid big-game hunter, has transformed a mom and pop operation into a that

Spokane Rock Products Inc. has submitted the low bid for what is now a $3.4 million project to convert a busy, eight-block stretch of Freya and Thor streets on either side of Interstate 90 into a one-way couplet. Work on the project is expected

The Spokane Area Economic Development Council is working to respond to a request from Airbus North American affiliate for information about communities that could be potential sites for a $600 million U.S. aircraft manufacturing plant.The for

Ideas are beginning to emerge for the Post Street pedestrian bridge project thats slated to get under way as soon as the Monroe Street Bridge reconstruction is completed, and one of them calls for retail kiosks or a farmers market or public the

The mother-daughter team that owns Exit Real Estate Gregg Jones & Associates has bought an old funeral home building near downtown Spokane and plans to remodel the structure into a new home for the longtime real estate brokerage.The team, Gregg

Frys Electronics Inc., a San Jose -Calif.-based home electronics chain, says it is considering opening a store in the Spokane area.Weve held discussions with various parties in Spokane, says Manuel Valerio. The demographics of Spokane