A Spokane orthopedic surgeon has begun performing an emerging procedure that involves extracting healthy cells from a patients knee, growing 10 million to 15 million new ones in a lab, then implanting the replicated cells back into the patient to

City of Spokane officials have quietly been discussing the possibility of moving City Hall to Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co.s Summit development site north of the Spokane Riverto jump-start that project, and perhaps to trigger use of by

The Post Falls, Idaho, branch of Cabletron Systems Inc., a Rochester, N.H.-based maker of computer networking hardware and software, plans to move across the Washington-Idaho border to Liberty Lake next month, bringing with it more than 100 has a

Japan remains a place of opportunity for businesses in Spokane and Washington state, despite being entrenched in the worst recession in its history and having a lingering reputation for resisting imports, says Thomas Foley, U.S. ambassador to Japan

Seattle-based Food Services of America has started a $3 million expansion at its Spokane distribution center at 3520 E. Francis.Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, is building the 33,000-square-foot addition to the food distributors facility,

Best Buy Co. Inc., a Minneapolis-based electronics retailer with 312 stores nationwide, is interested in opening stores here eventually, a spokesperson for that company says. When it would land here, however, still hasnt been are interested in

Companies affiliated with Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, have quietly loaned the owner of the Davenport Hotel property downtown more than $1.5 million over the last 18 months, Spokane County records show.The affiliate Inc. &

Spokane developer Rob Brewster Jr. is leading a group of investors who are seeking tenants for a proposed 25-story, $35 million-to-$40 million office tower at the corner of Riverside Avenue and Howard Street in downtown Spokane.Two other groups

A tiny Spokane Valley company is providing a unique product to the automotive worldcustom grill and truck medallions and data plates for antique (and sometimes not so antique) vehicles.Owner Jerry Turner says he knows of no other source for as

Pounded by depressed metals prices and the Asian contagion, Spokane industrial manufacturer Rahco International Inc. has suffered substantial hits to both its revenues and employment level in the past 18 months. Down but not out, the longtime in