Spokane this spring will become the first market nationally in which a new, defined-contribution health-insurance plan called USelect is to be offered.The insurance product was developed and is to be launched here by a Minneapolis company, Inc.,

I fish because I love to; because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariably beautiful; because trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed or impressed by power . Bud Frasca, of Coeur dAlene, says those

City of Spokane officials say they arent going to let an adverse Washington state Supreme Court ruling stop the citys aggressive new annexation strategy.Late last year, Mayor John Powers proposed a city strategy to pursue the annexation of a

Earlier this year, WestCoast Hospitality Corp. CEO Donald Barbieri described the conditions facing the travel business as perhaps the most difficult economic environment in the recent history of the hospitality industry.Following the attacks

For motorists zooming along U.S. 2 past Northpointe Plaza on Spokanes North Side, its difficult to see beyond the big retail centers acres of parking lots and sprawling conglomeration of interconnected stores.Hidden behind that sprawling

The owners of the Coeur dAlene Brewing Co. have bought the former T.W. Fishers restaurant business next door to their Coeur dAlene operation and plan to open a brewpub there later this spring.The owners, Spokane developers Ron and Julie a

The parent company of two heating-and-ventilation businesses here is merging its Spokane unit, Service Experts of Washington, with its Coeur dAlene operation, TML LLC, and will close the Spokane companys office.The parent, Service Experts, a

Cedar Builders Inc., of Spokane, is constructing an $8 million assisted-living center at its Cedar Canyon mixed-use development on the South Hill.Foundation work on the project was completed last fall, and construction of the 104-unit building &

Spokane International Airport plans this month to seek bids for projects that will cost more than $17.5 million and will involve rebuilding a taxiway, constructing a new cargo apron, removing a rock outcropping, and building or moving access bulk a

ICT Group Inc., a suburban Philadelphia-based call-center operator, is expanding its Spokane Valley call center, which is located at the University City Shopping Center.Jackie Amendolari, ICTs Philadelphia-based spokeswoman, declines to say or