The Spokane City Council is considering a controversial new taxi-cab monitoring system that would require cab owners to buy permits, called medallions, to operate legally within the city limits.Councilman Bob Apple says the medallion method the

The sparsely developed Interstate 90-Medical Lake interchange west of Spokane is set to explode with construction activity later this year, with three projects that together are worth more than $22 million.Fairways Commercial Investments LLC, a

Safeway Inc. is well under way on a $2 million renovation at its supermarket on Spokanes South Hill, and the Pleasanton, Calif.-based chain plans to take on similar remodels at other stores here. Craig Johnson, the Spokane-based district for

Step inside a 60-year-old rancher that was for sale recently on Spokanes South Hill, and you might think youve stumbled upon a romantic rendezvous, rather just another real estate listing. A saxophone solo flows from the stereo in the room,

A big portion of the mostly undeveloped West Plains could see an upswing in development activity as a result of action taken by Spokane County commissioners last week, observers say.The commissioners modified the countys year-old zoning code

Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to build a new branch clinic in Deer Park for the Community Health Association of Spokane, or CHAS. The new clinic will be the nonprofit health-care providers fifth in the

The number of patients who seek treatment at Deaconess Medical Centers cystic-fibrosis clinic has risen in recent years, but those who operate the clinic say the increase in activity is occurring for the right reasons. Many of those who from

Medical procedures can be scary for patients of any age. For children, they can be terrifying.One 60-year-old Spokane man remembers, as a child, screaming in total fear while being wheeled down a hospital corridor on his way to a surgery he as

Wind Wireless Inc. and Cutting Edge Communications Inc., both of Spokane, have teamed up to launch free wireless Internet service in the downtown area.Winds chief technical officer, Bob Kirkpatrick, says the high-speed, wireless-fidelity, or

Fred Meyer Stores, of Portland, hopes to start a $3.3 million remodeling project at its 28-year-old supercenter in Spokane Valley. The Valley store is located near the northeast corner of Sprague Avenue and Sullivan Road and is one of four Fred