Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative is investing $40 million to $45 million in new technologyincluding in the Spokane-area marketthat will standardize its computer systems and allow electronic medical record keeping at all of its 25 clinics

W. Berry Fowler, the Spokane entrepreneur who founded such franchising powerhouses as Sylvan Learning Centers and Little Gym International Inc., has sold his most recent franchising venture, national tutoring provider KnowledgePoints.Earlier it

An idea planted about a year agoto open an agricultural technology commercialization center hereappears to be breaking through the topsoil.The project, being pursued by the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, Washington State University,

When Walt and Karen Worthy were resuscitating Spokanes most upscale hotel, sculptor and arts advocate Vincent De Felice approached them with an idea. Why not build into the Davenport Hotel an exquisite art gallery as an amenity for guests and an

The city of Spokane is enforcing an ordinance that it believes makes it illegal for builders to haul away their own construction waste using certain equipment. Contractors call the citys position garbage.At issue are large trucks with can

The Coeur dAlene Tribe has begun a $15 million expansion of its hotel and casino complex near Worley, Idaho, with projects that will almost double the size of the hotel and add 400 gaming machines to the casino.Construction of the projects to

Sysco Corp., which claims to be North Americas largest distributor of food-service products, reportedly is considering developing a 350,000-square-foot distribution facility in Post Falls.The Houston-based company is said to have found an it

Have you heard the one about the lawyer whos also a scientist? At the Spokane law firm Wells St. John PS, thats not a joke. Its reality.Wells St. John, a specialty law firm here, employs two lawyers with doctoral degrees in Latwesen, a a

Bringing biodiesel to the Spokane market has been like setting up a line of dominos. A lot of careful work goes into putting each piece in place, but when the last one is ready and given a nudge, the show will proceed quickly, say proponents of the

Dr. Leroy Hood, a scientist who knows a thing or two about the biotechnology businesshes had a hand in the creation of a string of successful biotech companies, including Amgen Inc., a $5.5 billion-a-year industry leadersays a city or region