Employment in the Spokane area rose 4 percent in 1997the biggest year-to-year gain in jobs in the 1990s, according to the latest full-year figures from the state of Washington.Last year, the number of people employed in the Spokane area rose

Layrite Products Co., the longtime Spokane block maker that shut its doors last year, allegedly is in default on four major loans, and property on Trent Avenue where its plant operated for decades is slated to be sold in a trustees sale to the on

So far this year, HealthSouth Corp., a Birmingham, Ala.-based health-care provider that owns 12 physical therapy clinics and a surgery center here, has added to its growing empire three Spokane urgent-care clinics and a Post Falls physical therapy

A Spokane company says it plans to develop a $7 million to $8 million complex near the Interstate 90-Cheney-Four Lakes interchange that is to include a motel, possibly two restaurants, a convenience store-gas station, and a car dealership.The is

Investors say a new medical complex they plan to develop at Liberty Lake will offer everything from urgent care, X-ray, and specialty services, to dentistry and physical and occupational therapy. It even will include an Ultrafit wellness center a a

The number of foreclosures in Spokane County more than doubled in 1997 for the second straight year, according to county auditors figures. However, a slower rate of increase through the first quarter of this year suggests that the recent upward a

The Spokane Airport Board expects work to begin this year on an estimated $75 million in new and previously planned construction projects at both Spokane International Airport and the nearby Spokane International Airport Business Park.John who a

Health care in Spokane is about to go under the federal budget-balancing knife.Medicare and Medicaid spending in the county will be slashed by $172.5 million from 1998 through 2002 as a result of the 1998 Congressional Budget Resolution and says

Spokane City Councilman Jeff Colliton wants the city of Spokane to consider making a second attempt to develop a Spokane branch of Seattles Pacific Science Center.Colliton met with staff members of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle two ago

The owners of Paramount Ltd., a Spokane company that operates a Golds Gym outlet on the South Hill, plan to begin construction next month of a second Golds Gym outlet here, this one on the North Side. Jeff Penna, a real estate agent with of