Two restaurants that potentially will have a combined total of more than 50 employees will be the first commercial tenants at the $5.7 million, mixed-use Cedar Crossing development under construction in the Five Mile commercial district on North be

Spokane-based Providence Health Care announced this morning it has named Alex Jackson as the new chief executive of Providence Spokane hospitals Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital and Holy Family Hospital.Currently chief operating a

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, announced this morning it has sold the Red Lion Hotel Pendleton, in Pendleton, Ore., for about $2.3 million.The buyer, whose name Red Lion declines to disclose, has agreed to franchise with the company, and the a

Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. announced this morning that it will move its corporate headquarters to Chicago in the third quarter of 2013.The company, which had been located in downtown Coeur d'Alene since 1985, had disclosed late last December that a

March 26 / Employment here risesAbout 208,200 people held nonagricultural wage and salary jobs in the Spokane area in February, up by 4,600 from the February 2012 level and up by 2,100 from January of this year, preliminary state figures said. /

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Incorporated will hold Business After Hours on Location on Thursday, March 28, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Lukins & Annis PS, 717 W. Sprague. The event is free for members and $10 for others. GSI's BizStreet program and