With as much as $127.2 million in road work planned in the greater Spokane area this year, the contractors here that do such work are grinning from ear to ear as the construction season nears. As an added bonus, contractors say, government are

Talk of traffic-impact fees is circulating again.The Spokane Regional Transportation Council is studying ways to identify and pay for street improvements needed to handle increased traffic generated by new developments. What likely will come of

Already cramped in its current quarters and continuing to grow rapidly, Inland Northwest Health Services is looking to move into a larger space, ideally by the end of this year, says Tom Fritz, the Spokane organizations CEO.INHS has a for to

Physicians here say the practices of pulmonary and critical care medicine are having trouble catching their breath, amid rising demands from an aging population for care and a national shortage of specialists in those areas.The number of who in

A small group of medical professionals here is planning to survey health-care providers to ask for examples of unnecessary tests and procedures, then urge the community to avoid them to improve the Spokane areas health-care system.The group,

Hospitalistsphysicians who work full time inside hospitalsare in high demand both nationwide and in the Spokane area, where the current number of 18 such practitioners is expected to more than double in the next year.The idea of having a a

COEUR DALENEThis is my mid-life crisis, Alan Perkins says with a grin as he rambles down Coeur dAlene Lake Drive in a 10-miles-to-the-gallon, look-at-me yellow Hummer H2. The 41-year-old self-described eco-geek environmentalist it

Enrollment in the University of Idaho Coeur dAlenes geographic information systems certificate program has risen rapidly as demand has climbed in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area for GIS-trained employees.The program trains students in the a

Despite a several-year decline nationally in the number of applicants to master of business administration (MBA) programs, schools here say interest in the degrees is strong and growing.Eastern Washington University, which offers an MBA program

A Post Falls development company says it plans to build a four-building office, warehouse, and automotive-business complex there, and has started work on one building already.The company, Doerfler Development, plans to construct four, multiunit