One of the first big tasks for Becky Duffey, the new executive director of Susan G. Komen Eastern Washington, will be to oversee an extensive update of the organization's role in the community.

The Childbirth and Parenting Assistance program has found a spacious new home in the lower level of St. Anne's Children and Family Center, at 25 W. Fifth.

Randall & Danskin PS for years has operated with an emphasis in business law, banking, real estate, and estate planning. But lately the century-old firm recognizes it needs to expand the services it offers.

Lawyers Michael McMahon and Carl Oreskovich, partners in the Spokane firm of Etter, McMahon, Lamberson, Van Wert & Oreskovich PC, say one of the greatest challenges in practicing law these days is the growing cost of litigation.

Spokane attorney Robin Haynes says she will vigorously strive to further develop programs the Washington State Bar Association has put in place in recent years to diversify the profession and to enhance service to the public.

Maureen Fay, president of Spokane Valley-based asbestos and lead removal company IRS Environmental of WA Inc., says the top trend she's noticed in the industry lately has been the shift toward green building projects, many of which are built to Leadersh

A new plan for the North Fork Palouse River south of Spokane that aims to improve water quality and stream health for fish and other aquatic life is moving toward implementation, which should occur before the end of the year, a Washington Department of Ec

While Washington state is said to be leading among states in developing green and renewable energy supplies, it's still got a lot of work to do to comply with a new Clean Power Plan rule announced last month by the Environmental Protection Agency, indus

Thom Foote has grown produce on his 1-acre Colbert farm for four seasons, but what he really talks about cultivating are practices under a design system called permaculture.