Longtime Washington State University biochemistry professor Martin L. Pall and his wife were forced to cut short a visit to Italy 10 years ago when Pall developed a bad case of shingles, a viral infection that causes rash and extreme pain.I a

Spokane surgeon has begun performing cancer-related hysterectomies here using a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure that has been used in non-cancer-related hysterectomies and a host of other surgeries for years.The surgeon, Dr. Melanie a

For George Gee Automotive Group, bringing a Porsche dealership to Spokane was just one more way to prevent longtime customers from going elsewhere for their vehicle purchases.If weve sold someone cars for 15 or 20 years, we dont want them

Its shaping up to be a midsize year in the auto world. A number of automakers are rolling out new, sportier, or more luxurious versions of their midsize sedans and coupes, and introducing hybrids in the larger vehicle styles to offer improved gas

Mid-size businesses, or tweeners, that have both storefront and Internet operations and a substantial amount of gross sales, stand to be hit hard by compliance burdens in a new effort by Washington state to boost tax collections and level the a

The Pend Oreille County Public Utility District has agreed to pay the Kalispel Tribe of Indians a minimum of $200,000 worth of wholesale electricity annually for flooding reservation lands under its Box Canyon Dam reservoir. The payments have been

Schweitzer Land & Timber Co., the real-estate arm of Schweitzer Mountain Resort, is looking for an outside developer to build at least one condominium complex in the village area of the big ski resort located just northwest of Sandpoint.The is

When shoppers flock to the new Cabelas Inc. store in Post Falls this fall, one of the more notable amenities theyll see will be a 28-foot-high indoor mountain, complete with a waterfall, a stream, and plenty of outcroppings for displays of most

Spokane-based Yokes Foods Inc., which operates a chain of 13 Yokes Fresh Market stores in the Inland Northwest, says it plans to close an outlet in northwest Spokane that it has operated for 16 years.The 30,000-square-foot store is located

Bi-Mart Corp., a Eugene, Ore.-based members-only discount retail chain, has begun work on a 31,000-square-foot store in Cheney, which will be its first outlet in the Spokane area when it opens late this fall.Construction of the store started a