Spokane-area scientists and physicians say the need to expand neurological treatments and research is becoming more urgent as the incidence of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, increases among America's aging population.

Two of the region's well-established animal hospitals each have plans to start construction on new building projects in the coming months.

Clunky, outdated, and misleading are three words capital campaign manager Teresa Conway uses to describe the Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center name, on top of being a mouthful, which recently led the nonprofit to rebrand

Spokane-based Medcurity Inc. has landed nearly $700,000 in venture capital and loans this month, money its founders say will enable the startup to grow its platform offerings and add its first employees.

NAC Architecture, of Spokane, is designing the $15.8 million Marimn Youth Recreations Center, which is to be built on tribal reservation land off of U.S. 95, near Worley, Idaho. Marimn Health, the health care organization of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe