Doctors offices, pharmacies, hospitals, health insurersin short, the entire health-care industryhave exactly one year to prepare for the first wave of new federal regulations covering the handling of medical records.Its not a task Many a

An unusual offer by the Washington state Department of Transportation to exchange almost four acres of property on North Ruby Street for the construction work on two projects has failed to produce any offers acceptable to DOT. The projects include

In the latest in a string of legal actions filed over Ice World USA, a Liberty Lake ice-skating rink, three of the companys five owners allege that the other two owners are trying to cut them out of the business at the same time theyre trying 1

The Spokane and Coeur dAlene chambers of commerce have established a group called the Joint Regional Issues Task Force to tackle topics that affect the business communities in both cities. The task force includes 16 peopleeight from the Area

Plans for a $50 million, 19-story office tower in downtown Spokane havent been pushed off schedule by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks or the nations slide toward economic recession, a project spokesman says.Larry Soehren, vice president of &

The Spokane franchisee of Grease Monkey, who opened an outlet of the auto-service chain in a strip-mall adjacent to Wandermere Mall two weeks ago, says he hopes to open four to five more outlets here in the next few years.The franchisee, Steve a

A newly formed Spokane company has opened a marketing and distribution operation here and plans to open three more such operations here, in the Tri-Cities, and in the Seattle area. The company, Aris Marketing Inc., expects to employ a total of 80 a

ST. MARIES, IdahoHere a box of coyote jaws, there a stack of buffalo ankle bones, upstairs a rack of wolverine pelts, and on the shelf, a row of deer and elk antlers. Wal-Mart, it aint.Actually, it is, in a way; Eidnes Furs Inc. is the

A Washington state Department of Ecology study thats nearly completed could restrict further discharges into the Spokane River by municipal wastewater-treatment facilities and two private companies.Such new limits could force dischargers to to