Ralph Hamm III, one of Spokanes newest commercial bankers, will have a broad range of work experience on which to draw as he seeks to build relationships with business owners and managers here.Hamm, 36, who last month became Wells Fargo for a

Wheatland Bank, coming off double-digit growth in assets, deposits, and loans in 2006, has found tentative locations to add three branches here.The bank has signed letters of intent for the three sites, but doesnt want to disclose yet where a

Demand for commercial loans herefueled by Spokanes hot real estate markethas been strengthening over the past few years, and 2006 proved no exception, bankers say.Yet, intensifying competition in the banking industry here and an inverted

Repeating a bone mineral density (BMD) scan up to eight years after an initial scan appears to provide little additional benefit for predicting fractures among older postmenopausal women, says a recent article in an American Medical Association of

Imagine a battle in which an armys troops become confused and attack each other, rather than their enemy. In war, mistakenly attacking an ally is called friendly fire. When that nightmarish scenario happens inside the human body, its called

Tawni Spargur felt blindsided when she was diagnosed six months ago with lung cancer.The 46-year-old Spokane woman had been concerned enough about breast cancer to perform self examinations and to undergo recommended medical screenings to early

Jan Richardson says she has grown accustomed to going against the grain with her career decisions.Richardson, who owns and is the general manager of the combined Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo auto dealerships here, chose to work in an by an

Boise-based Clearwater Lodging LLC says it plans to add to the crush of residential developments planned or under way in Kellogg, Idaho, with a 32-unit luxury condo complex its developing near Silver Mountain Resort, at a cost of $10 project, to

Two of four owners of the Sonic Drive-In franchise restaurant here say they plan to develop two retail buildings next to a new Sonic Drive-In outlet the group is building in Post Falls.The franchise group, Spokane-based Clarus Group LLC, work a

Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative, which has more than 120,000 members in Eastern Washington, says it plans to move its South Hill clinic later this year to the Regal Place professional building thats rising on the west side of Regal Street