The city of Spokane is considering the idea of contracting out its parking-meter enforcement dutiesa move that outgoing Mayor John Powers says could save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.Meanwhile, the proposed 2004 city that

When voters head to the polls next September to choose finalists for a new 5th District congressional representative, among the candidates will be the top executives of Spokanes biggest law firm and one of its few publicly traded national To

Dont just call it The Boat by the River, call it The Speedboat by the River.The Spokane Public Facilities Districts preliminary design for a convention center expansion is much like the racy shape of a speedboat, with the prow angled toward

Imagine sitting in traffic where Division Street meets Spokane Falls Boulevard and Trent Avenue, and instead seeing a weedy concrete traffic divider, you get an eyeful of picturesque 80-foot-tall steel columns with water cascading down their sides.

Washington State University expects to select a consultant this month to start pre-design work on a multimillion-dollar biomedical sciences facility that WSU is proposing for its main campus in Pullman, Wash.Virgil Hanson, project manager for a

Some people can be described as a heart attack waiting to happen, but Linda Fournier isnt one of them. The Hayden, Idaho, resident is physically fit, doesnt smoke, and eats a balanced diet. Yet a year ago, Fournier, 58, truly was a to a

When Spokane resident Maren Furlong gave birth to her second child at a hospital here two years ago, she felt there was too much intervention. Although Furlongs birth plan stated that she didnt want to take medications, a nurse inserted an

Lifestream Technologies Inc., of Post Falls, completed a $3.5 million private placement that will allow the company to proceed with a major advertising campaigna tool it long has said is necessary to ignite sales of its home cholesterol monitors.

The Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI) has signed contracts with three more companies to provide a mix of commercialization and marketing assistance and incubator space.The contracts, which are with RehabLogic DAS

Spokane businessman Bob Hamacher has bought the assets of Jones Wholesale Florists from Spokanes Rosedale Greenhouse Inc. for an undisclosed amount.The assets include the companys customer base, inventory, computer hardware, and equipment,