For the second time in a few weeks, plans have emerged for a new airport hotel on the West Plains. In the latest hotel plan, the Sleep Inn/Mainstay hotel chain plans to erect a $6.3 million, 87-room hotel east of the airport, near the Geiger-Interstate 9

One of my most vivid memories of junior high school involves a big kid in the cafeteria stealing the tater tots off of my lunch tray. He plucked them one by one, smiling smugly, until I stabbed him on the back of the hand with my fork. I can't remember

Fairchild Air Force Base, located west of Spokane, has been such an Inland Northwest fixture for so long that some residents here no doubt now take it for granted. Many probably barely notice as KC-135 Stratotankers regularly pass overhead while departing

Two sporting goods store chains are planning to open outlets within a mile of each other in Spokane Valley. One of them, Midvale, Utah-based Sportsman's Warehouse, has leased 32,400 square feet of retail space at the former Sports Authority site, near

Langenhorst & Self-Merritt, CPAs, PS, has merged its operations into the Spokane office of Fargo, N.D.-based Eide Bailly LLP, a regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm. Founding partner Hubert Langenhorst says following the merger

The Washington state Department of Transportation is designing a replacement for the East Trent Avenue Bridge, which crosses the Spokane River just east of Hamilton Street in East Spokane. Al Gilson, Spokane-based spokesman for WDSOT, says the $20 milli

Spokane developer Ron Wells says financing is coming together for acquiring and converting the long-shuttered Ridpath Hotel complex into downtown housing. With final loan approval appearing close at hand, work on the $22 million project could start as ea

Spokane Club CEO Stacie Harper will leave the private social-and-athletic club at month's end to take an executive position with Stay Alfred, the quickly growing Spokane-based vacation rental company. Harper says she's scheduled to start her new job

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Health care is entering an uncertain time, especially given the election of a new president who proposed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. No one can predict exactly what that outcome will be. What we do know is that any health care reform