Kootenai Medical Centers board of trustees has approved a five-year, $50 million expansion plan that will get under way this fall at the Coeur dAlene hospital.The plan involves nine construction projects ranging from simple remodeling jobs

DEER PARKThis story is supposed to be about magazine peopleliterary types who create glossy publications with clever headlines and eye-catching illustrations.On a recent afternoon at Dara Park Peruvian Ranch, however, Alyson Stockham and of

Getting an appointment with Patrick Tam is something of a challenge. The business day of the new executive director of the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute goes way beyond doing lunchTam routinely books meetings a

Inland Imaging LLC, which touts itself as the Inland Northwests largest provider of radiology services, is taking steps on multiple fronts to upgrade or broaden those services even further.The Spokane-based enterprise is spending more than $1

The economic slowdown apparently didnt staunch the flow of money to top-level Inland Northwest executives last year.Executives of publicly traded companies in Spokane and North Idaho, on average, saw their paychecks grow a hearty 7 percent in

In the movies, when people wake from a coma, they typically come to, blink their eyes a few times, then carry on with their lives as if nothing had happened.The reality is, unfortunately, harsher than that, says Janice White, service in

Dr. Gerhard Muelheims, a cardiac electrophysiologist who joined Spokane Cardiology PS last month, soon will begin performing here an emerging catheter-based procedure for treating sufferers of atrial fibrillation, a potentially dangerous form of be

In an experimental treatment to direct the immune system to target prostate cancer, all of a patients blood is filtered three times to gather a half-cup of cells so potent theyre known as master cell gardens. Then, a growth factor is added

Many companies train their employees to be better managers; nowadays, more and more are training their top managers to be better leaders. Itron Inc., for example, instituted an advanced leadership training program last year that it views as

You dont have to go to college to learn your way around a kitchen.Nikki Sutton knew that. Since she always had wanted to be a chef and already was a pretty good cook, she didnt figure to go on in school after she completed high school. just