Nearly everyone is for health-care reform until it affects them, and now that details about the reform proposals in Congress finally are emerging, hackles are raised. Despite all this vitriol, I hope the country can have a meaningful dialogue to of

Magner Sanborn wins Amtrak PR contract Magner Sanborn, a Spokane-based advertising, brand design, and marketing communications firm, says it has won a contract to provide creative services and media planning for the Amtrak Cascades and

Totally Polished, a custom welding and fabrication operation, has leased 1,250 square feet of space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3012 N. Sullivan, and plans to move there from Santa Barbara, Calif. Chase Breckner, of Crown West the

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe has received a $2 million federal stimulus grant to build 10 homes at the site of the old tribal headquarters on the southwest outskirts of Plummer, Idaho.The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the a

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has won a $4 million contract to build a supermarket in Sandpoint, Idaho, for Spokane-based Manito Super 1 Foods Inc.Tim Stulc, Vandervert's vice president, says he expects construction will in a

The owners of Health Tech U.S.A. LLC, a Spokane business that offers high-tech health and wellness services, say they plan to begin selling franchises at the beginning of the year.The owners, Joseph and Sheri Shields, opened Health Tech first

The city of Spokane says it has accepted a $493,000 state grant that will cover roughly half the cost of the $985,000 renovation project at the former railroad bridge known as the Iron Bridge, which is to be part of a pedestrian and bike path the a

Venom Group International, a Rathdrum, Idaho-based battery maker, says it's relaunching its line of consumer electronics batteries under the name Venom Power Eco Alkaline, after deciding to buy carbon offsets to get the batteries certified as and

Olympia, Wash.-based Washington State Employees Credit Union says it plans to move one of its two Spokane branches to 12209 E. Mission, from its current location at 4202 E. Sprague, early in the spring.Credit union spokeswoman Ann Flanigan says