With the Washington Legislature winding down, retirement-industry experts were predicting last week that the industry would reap far better legislative gains than it had expected when the session began. Even those gains, though, would fall short of

Riverview Retirement Community, which has been operating here for nearly 50 years, says it has been taking needed steps to adapt to changing consumer demands and heightened competition from players hoping to capitalize on the graying U.S. those has

Despite reported big hikes in pay for first-year associates in law firms in markets such as Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York, attorneys here are seeing more moderate salary bumps, Gonzaga University School of Law Dean Earl Martin says.While a

The attorneys are real, as are the facts of the case. Twelve jurors listen to the arguments, hear from witnesses, and reach a verdict. But these dramas dont unfold in a courthouse. Theyre staged in a 500-square-foot office space on West Boone a

Spokane attorney Steve Lambersons legal practice includes a little-known specialty in which he defends physicians and dentists against threats to their careers that he believes are more serious than malpractice lawsuits.Lamberson, a partner &

More than six years after the HomeBase Inc. store closed in Spokane Valley, the 100,000-square-foot building and the land it sits on is set to be disposed of in a foreclosure action.The property is scheduled to be sold at auction at 10 a.m. May

Rowand Machinery Co., a 46-year-old Spokane-based company that sells and services construction and forestry equipment, plans to build a 12,000-square-foot service facility near its West Plains headquarters. Rowand Machinery, which has a branch

Wild Waters LLC, of Coeur dAlene, has started construction on the first phase of a planned two-phase, $4 million expansion of its water-slide park there.The first phase of work involves building a 1,200-foot-long Sunnyside Lazy River at a

Cami Rogers believes in the value of keeping in touch.Through her Spokane Valley home-based business, Cami Sends Cards LLC, Rogers provides a unique direct-mailing service, in which she sends customized greeting cards to clients on behalf of a

Western United Life Assurance Co., the former insurance affiliate of once prominent and now bankrupt Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, says it plans to move from Spokane Valley to smaller quarters in the Big Easy Concert House to