Like actor Rodney Dangerfield, Don Parkins says he got no respect when he started out in show business.The 51-year-old Spokane resident began his comedy career working as a janitorial supplies salesman and performing a few open-mike gigs in and

Its tough to say what the upcoming legislative session holds for Spokane and the rest of Eastern Washington. The uncertainty stems from a transition as key regional legislators leave their leadership posts; upcoming federal elections that are

Those whove tracked Spokanes economy for any time know the term cautiously optimistic all too well. For 2004, you can toss the word cautiously from that phrase. Based on interviews with dozens of experts and observers in the that a

Fred Brown believes he has lassoed a big one.The calf roper-turned-software entrepreneur formed Next IT Corp. here last year and soon after acquired Spectre AI Inc., a then-2-year-old artificial-intelligence software developer here founded in a

Editors Note: When a new patient begins rehabilitation in an institution after a serious injury or illness, it can help to get to know a staff member who has gone through rehab. St. Lukes Rehabilitation Institute here employs a handful of who a

Steve Terry points to a cleaning device propped behind the door of his office at Deaconess Medical Center.Its called a mega mop, and Terry contends it cleans faster and more thoroughly than a conventional cloth mop, which means Deaconess can

Washington state regulators are considering certificate-of-need rule changes that, among other things, would eliminate the requirement that hospitals must have an open-heart surgery program in order to offer heart-catheterization has some in the as

Bank of America is taking bold steps to strengthen its position as a leading financial institution, as shown by its recent $47 billion purchase of Boston, Mass.-based FleetBoston Financial Corp.That aggressive national growth strategy, though,

Spokane Teachers Credit Union has set its sights on a lofty milestone: reaching $1 billion in assets by 2007.Unlike some other credit unions here, however, Teachers will rely on what it has been doing, and not expanding into new markets, to its

Numerica Credit Union, of Spokane, has bought a location in the Tri-Cities to build a new branch and enter the market there, continuing a trend of geographic expansion by leading Spokane credit unions.Earlier this year, Numerica Credit Union a