In the basement of the old Display House building in downtown Spokane, Chris Lewis gropes around in the dark, struggling to find a light switch to illuminate what soon will be the home of his new jazz bar, the Bluelight Underground.After and a

Environmental cleanup costs at Kaiser Aluminum Corp.s Trentwood rolling mill and shuttered Mead smelter will cost roughly $68 million, according to estimates from the Washington state Department of Ecology.Those estimates were disclosed in a

Anesthesiologists at Shriners Hospital for Children-Spokane are studying a pain-control technique developed there, that they say reduces discomfort and recovery time for children after foot surgery.The technique, developed by Dr. Roberto the of

Recently, Spokane perinatologist Dr. Cherie Johnson, who specializes in high-risk pregnancies and births, drained a cyst on the kidney of a babywhile it was still in its mothers uterus. Advanced technology is enabling physicians to perform such

Joe Gilenes ties to Cincinnati were strong: He was born and raised there, married another Ohio native, and spent 17 years working at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, eventually becoming a member of the hospitals senior-management

The rumbling effects of the Federal Reserves interest-rate reductions are changing the landscape for Spokane-area lenders.As the Feds rate cuts in 2000 and 2001 have pushed housing starts to record levels, theyve fueled demand for and you

Seeking ways to expand their banking offerings, three of Spokanes biggest credit unions are stepping up their commercial lending efforts.Spokane Teachers Credit Union expects this spring to launch a business services department and roll out a

The city of Cheney, which began installing a citywide high-speed fiber-optic network last year, has selected a contractor to implement the second phase of that project, which includes linking businesses and residences to the system.It has a to

A partnership headed by Spokane contractor Mike Silvey plans to develop a Spokane Valley office park that will include three buildings and cost $2 million.The park, to be called River Rock Professional Center, is planned for the northeast of a

A company that hopes to build a strawboard plant on the Palouse has leased nearly 350 acres in LaCrosse, Wash., and is pursuing building permits for the project.The company, Columbia Ag Fiber Inc., chose LaCrosse for its plant site because of a