So-called outsourcing trends aside, internal training is a key component of employee development that some companies here say they continue to emphasize to promote a strong workplace culture and to help workers advance more rapidly.Other to

Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest says it has seen a sharp increase in membership this year following its decision to dump the longtime health-care insurer that served its members in favor of a provider that enabled it to expand its to

Median households in the U.S. earn approximately $48,000 annually, and the amount of money that such families spend on employer-sponsored health care per year continues to edge closer to one months salary, a recent survey says.The median for

The Center of Occupational Health & Education at St. Lukes Rehabilitation Institute here says a recent study shows its efforts have reduced the cost and duration of workers compensation claims considerably since it began operations five years a

The owners of the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant on Spokanes North Side plan to build a $3.7 million outlet of the pizza chain in Spokane Valley and open it this fall.The new outlet will occupy a 12,400-square-foot building on a two-acre site at

Two brothers have bought a 3.5-acre parcel near Esmeralda Golf Course in the Hillyard neighborhood and plan to build separate buildings there for their respective businesses.The brothers, Dan and Terry McDonald, say construction on their two be

A New Mexico-based company plans to develop a Hampton Inn & Suites hotel in Spokane Valley at a cost of $11 million.The 106-room hotel will be located on the south side of east Indiana Avenue, just east of a Hooters restaurant and across the a

Sarah Bishop named her business, Moxie Nannies Inc., after the type of person she thinks makes a good nanny: energetic, determined, and knowledgeable. Experienced as both a nanny and a parent, Bishop says she knows how hard it is for parents to

Jeff Spencer says he and his wife, Shelley, who operate franchise Snap Fitness centers on the South Hill and in Pullman, Wash., plan to open a third outlet this summer, in northwest Spokane, and hope to open a fourth, in Spokane Valley, in about a

Catholic Charities Spokane says its renovating a medical office building on the lower South Hill in a nearly $5 million project that will allow it to consolidate most of its programs under one roof.The nonprofit plans to use the structure, at