Avista Utilities is taking its Web-based promotion of energy conservation incentives from the home to Main Street—or in this case what it calls "Efficiency Avenue." For some time, users have been able to click on the attic, windows, walls,

Developing a metropolitan wastewater treatment plant capable of meeting the most stringent water quality standards anywhere is a daunting challenge, but being able to design it from scratch is an enticing opportunity, says the man who's responsible

The market for lakefront and riverfront homes is in uncharted waters—and they're rough, real estate specialists here say.Bill Fanning, broker at Century 21 Beutler-Waterfront, in Spokane, says lake home prices are spiraling downward, and a

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital was expected to decide by a deadline late this week whether to appeal the Washington state Department of Health's recent denial of its certificate of need application for 152 more a of