Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. plans to go ahead with a $10 million project at its Mead Works aluminum smelter that it put on hold indefinitely a year ago.Susan Ashe, Kaisers spokeswoman here, says the project includes rebuilding an older at

Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, both under the umbrella of Spokane-based Providence Services, are seeking state permission to open a 25-bed transitional-care unit at Holy Family.Holy Family is proposing to spend about $1.2

For the second time this year, the owner of the big Spokane Business & Industrial Park has announced plans for more development, this time to the north of the developed part of the park.The owner, Spokane-based Crown West Realty LLC, says it to

Discussions of how to rebuild crumbling roads and bridges, improve the transportation of freight around the state, and ease traffic congestion are expected to dominate the Washington Legislatures 1998 session.Business groups say they will push

The Spokane-area office market has tightened dramatically, especially downtown, and is expected to remain tight through next year, say executives at two of Spokanes largest commercial real estate companies.As a result, businesses that are to &

Sacred Heart Medical Center, St. Marys Hospital in Walla Walla, and the network that operates Holy Family Hospital and three smaller hospitals north of Spokane are closer to joining into a single integrated network after six months of the to

A young Spokane computer seller and consultant called WindStar Group Inc. has enjoyed explosive growth in its first four years, and now is contemplating expansions that it hopes will make it a regional powerhouse.The company, which was founded a

Pantrol Inc., a Spokane maker of electrical control panels and printed circuit boards, has opened a second manufacturing shop and is experiencing strong growth.Jim Kucera, Pantrols general manager, says the 25-year-old company opened the new a

A Spokane County proposal to construct four railroad underpasses in the Spokane Valley and several projects proposed by the Washington state Department of Transportation on Interstate 90 and U.S. 395 here have made a list of high-priority projects

As Spokane County and municipalities here develop new comprehensive land-use plans to comply with state-mandated growth management, a new topic will be looked at along with the usual issues of land use, transportation, and public services.Its