UnitedHealthcare, a Minnetonka, Minn.-based health-insurance provider that had more than 42,000 enrollees in Eastern Washington as of late last year, has launched an online tool called myHealthcare Cost Estimator that's intended to help patients to

Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. The researchers say, though, that the of a

Northwest MedStar, the Spokane-based air ambulance transport service, is opening a helicopter base for adult patients in the Pullman-Moscow region, citing the Palouse's growing population.The new base will be MedStar's fourth. In addition to it

PepsiCo, the New York-based global beverage and food producer, has leased 80,000 square feet of space in the Central Business Park, in Spokane Valley, and plans to consolidate its Eastern Washington and North Idaho distribution operations there of

Native American Services Corp., a Kellogg, Idaho-based construction management and general contractor company, has won a more than $1 million arbitration decision in a dispute over work performed at a 21-unit condominium building called Alpine also

Company formed to produce videosAki and Connie Peterson have launched a Spokane Valley video and television production company, named The Squirrel Box LLC. The Petersons will specialize in creating short video segments that businesses can put on

A trio of Spokane business partners plans to open a new cafe, bar, and concert venue next month in a downtown building at 171 S. Washington that most recently housed the Empyrean Coffee House.Doug LaPlante, Shawn Duffey, and Mark Agnew own the &

Aspen Way Enterprises Inc., a Billings, Mont.-based franchisee for Aaron's Inc. furniture, electronics, and appliance stores, plans to move its Spokane Valley outlet to a new location in the Argonne Village Shopping Center by this fall.The will