The Medicare trustees released their annual report last week. The report shows a continuation of the gradual march to insolvency for the health insurance plan. Medicare began in 1965 as a government-run health insurance plan for seniors that provided an

The Spokane community reacted with optimism when Fairchild Air Force Base made the short list of sites that the U.S. Air Force is considering to house its next generation of air-refueling tankers. We join our neighbors in applauding that good news. Now,

Tainio Technology & Technique Inc., a Cheney-based pioneer of biological agricultural and farm products, has broken ground on a new $1.5 million headquarters building, says Amy Becker, the company's vice president of marketing. The 15,000-square-foot b

In an effort to boost exposure and meet growing demand, Spokane-based Pool World Inc. is starting construction of a larger building in Coeur d'Alene. 'As the economy has emerged from the Great Recession, our market segment has been no different,” s

Eastern Washington University hopes to issue a second call for bids in late July for a planned renovation and expansion of its Pence Student Union Building, says Troy Bester, the university's senior project manager. Only one contractor, Spokane-based L

Stay Alfred, the nationwide urban vacation rental company based here, has opened a new 49-unit vacation rental property in New Orleans. The company, which focuses on urban vacation and corporate rentals in the downtown areas of cities, currently has a t

Merchant e-Solutions Inc. plans to move its Spokane Valley operations center to a larger, more open office space this summer. Nearing the end of its lease at 920 N. Argonne Road, the Atlanta-based electronic payment acceptance and management company, pl

Less than a year after loaning money to a struggling Canadian mining company, Coeur d'Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. says it will make a $12 million takeover bid for that company, Dolly Varden Silver Corp. The purchase would be for all outstanding shares