Ernest Health Inc., the Albuquerque, N.M.-based health care provider that operates an acute-care hospital in Post Falls, says it's partnering with Coeur d'Alene-based Kootenai Health, to construct a 30-bed rehabilitation hospital there that it will
Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mine-exploration company, says it's assembling a response to an international arbitration panel's recent request asking for additional evidence in its $2.1 billion claim against the Venezuelan government over a
After selling their Rathdrum-based, high-end wood-molding manufacturing company a few years ago, it didn't take long for Clint and Cheryl Bower to discover they weren't ready to retire. So they started over again, though on a smaller scale.About
Per-capita statistics are listed above the average for state's 39 counties
December 6, 2012
Spokane County ranks eighth among Washington state counties in terms of per-capita retail sales in a 2012 Washington State retail survey released late last month.The survey, issued by Jim Vaughn, of Pollock Pines, Calif., lists Spokane County's
Spokane Public Schools recently has sold $50 million worth of bonds at an historic low interest rate of 2.9 percent as part of the 2009 voter-approved $288 million bond authorization to fund school construction projects, school district say.The
A Spokane development company has updated its plans to convert the Burgans Fine Furniture block north of downtown into a mixed-used use complex following a proposed $6.8 million renovation of two existing buildings there, records on file with the a
Colmac Holding Co., a sizable Colville, Wash.-based manufacturer, is anticipating increases in revenue and employment in 2013 for all three of its subsidiary businesses, says company Chairman Scott McMillan.Projected growth in those areas would
When new laws regulating marijuana use go into effect today, Dec. 6, those employed in workplaces that routinely test for drugs probably will still want to refrain from toking up. Chances are good that Washington state employers that prohibited
Approaching its 40th birthday, Riverfront Park is showing its age and will require millions of dollars in upgrades to return it to peak condition, say several proponents of the popular downtown destination.Two bridges in the park, which was as a
The Washington Legislature will face big challenges in the 2013 session, including a court order to increase public school funding, new national health care mandates, putting together a transportation package, and recovering from revenue says Rich