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

Global Credit Union, of Spokane, has opened its first branch in the Tri-Cities and plans to open its second branch there in October.Global opened a branch office in Pasco on June 18, inside a new Yokes Washington Foods Inc. supermarket, says

A newly emerging form of overdraft protectiontouted by some banks and credit unions as a big benefit to customers and members, but criticized by some consumer groups as exploitativeis gaining a strong foothold here.Two of Spokanes largest

For Spokane Valley-based Farmers & Merchants Bank of Rockford, home is where the heart is, and in its case, home means Spokane County. The 97-year-old bank, which was started in Rockford, doesnt have plans to grow beyond Spokane County, but has &