Ovarian cancer is a frightening diagnosis that often comes after the cancer has spread. As a result, it's the most deadly of the gynecological cancers. But not all the news about ovarian cancer is grim. Incidence is declining. Doctors are more a

Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, says it plans to open two new mammography screening locations this month, one on Spokane's South Hill and one in Deer Park, and has decided to establish a nonprofit foundation to support breast-cancer research and to

All Pro Screen Printing & Embroidery Inc. has leased 2,300 square feet of retail space in the Eagle Plaza, at 14415 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley, for a new textile screen-printing and embroidery shop. Earl Engle, of NAI Black, handled the Stone a

Owner spending on home improvements will continue to trend down through 2009 and into the first part of next year, suggests data released recently by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, in a

Amid continued falling home prices, U.S. home buyers still are negotiating discounts at the bargaining table, according to July's Zillow Real Estate Market Reports, the latest month for which figures are available.Buyers paid 3.3 percent—or

Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, a nonprofit that serves low-income people here, says it will receive $5.1 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years that will allow its weatherization program to benefit about two times the of

The city of Spokane has bought, for $369,000, 5.5 acres of mostly vacant land, at 4250 E. 30th, on Spokane's South Hill to add to what's called a wetland bank there. The city-owned property there, which is bounded roughly by 30th and 32nd and is