The additional hires will equate to roughly a 10 percent staffing increase here for Honeywell, whichwith the equivalent of about 600 full-time employees at two locationsis one of Spokane Countys largest manufacturers. The anticipated hires a

Patients and visitors at Sacred Heart Medical Centers planned new Childrens Hospital will look to animal-themed signs to guide them through the facility after it opens.The signage in the new facility will include fish that will swim around

Robert B. Goebel General Contractor Inc., of Spokane, has landed a contract to build a $5 million, four-story, 56,000-square-foot Class A office building on the former Thadeus T. Thudpuckers site in downtown Spokane.The company thats the 41

Women are stupid.Thats what one male patient blurted to Dr. Janice Christensen, a cardiologist with Spokane Cardiology PSC, years ago when she was practicing medicine in Arizona. Women doctors here say such attitudes are diminishing, though,

Last summer, the federal government halted part of a major study of hormone-replacement therapy, saying a common combination of medications used by women to ease the symptoms of menopause, and possibly protect themselves from heart disease and be a

The Washington Technology Center has awarded grants to Washington State University to support research projects the school is undertaking with a Spokane maker of pest-control products and a Richland-based client of the Spokane Intercollegiate and a

May, May & McReynolds LLC, of Boise, Idaho, which owns the Spokane House hotel, at 4301 W. Sunset Highway, has affiliated the establishment with the Travelodge Hotels Inc. hospitality chain to boost business at that local landmark.Built in the

The number of foreclosure actions in Spokane County rose 1 percent in 2002 to 1,153, but economic observers say the small increase is a sign of stabilization after eight years of substantial increases.Full-year figures werent available for in

Schmidt Development LLC, of Spokane, has proposed building a $1.1 million office building on the periphery of downtown Spokane.As envisioned, the two-story, 10,000-square-foot building would be constructed on a vacant site at 1807 W. Fifth, is