The Washington Legislatures approval last month of a licensing measure that likely will discourage, if not prohibit, the opening of specialty hospitals in the state is drawing differing reactions from hospital executives and physicians measure, a

The Mirabeau Point area, once all but written off following the closure of Walk in the Wild Zoo in 1995, is now a growing center of private, civic, and recreational uses in the Spokane Valley, thanks to an influx of $70 million or more in Business

An Oklahoma businessman who has represented home-improvement giant Home Depot Inc. in development projects elsewhere is seeking a zone change for 16 acres of undeveloped land on Spokanes South Hill to accommodate a major retailer, city records is

Whitewater Creek Inc., of Hayden, Idaho is building a 120-unit rental housing complex in Post Falls, half of which will be for seniors, says the city of Post Falls building department.Construction has started on the complex, which is to 60 60

With the Washington Legislature winding down, retirement-industry experts were predicting last week that the industry would reap far better legislative gains than it had expected when the session began. Even those gains, though, would fall short of

Riverview Retirement Community, which has been operating here for nearly 50 years, says it has been taking needed steps to adapt to changing consumer demands and heightened competition from players hoping to capitalize on the graying U.S. those has

Despite reported big hikes in pay for first-year associates in law firms in markets such as Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York, attorneys here are seeing more moderate salary bumps, Gonzaga University School of Law Dean Earl Martin says.While a

The attorneys are real, as are the facts of the case. Twelve jurors listen to the arguments, hear from witnesses, and reach a verdict. But these dramas dont unfold in a courthouse. Theyre staged in a 500-square-foot office space on West Boone a

Spokane attorney Steve Lambersons legal practice includes a little-known specialty in which he defends physicians and dentists against threats to their careers that he believes are more serious than malpractice lawsuits.Lamberson, a partner &

More than six years after the HomeBase Inc. store closed in Spokane Valley, the 100,000-square-foot building and the land it sits on is set to be disposed of in a foreclosure action.The property is scheduled to be sold at auction at 10 a.m. May