The Idaho Transportation Department is getting ready to submit to the Federal Highway Administration its final environmental impact statement for its planned conversion of 31 miles of U.S. 95 to a four-lane divided highway, says department Barbara

The national trend toward obesity is hampering womens ability to conceive children and to maintain pregnancies, says Dr. Edwin Robins, a Spokane physician who specializes in fertility issues. Robins, of Spokanes Center for Reproductive & a

A two-story, $4.2 million addition is planned at St. Josephs Care Center here that will result in the equivalent of more than 20 new full-time positions.The new wing will become the front entry for the center, located at 17 E. Eighth, and is

The owners of the North Idaho Outlets, formerly called the Post Falls Factory Outlets, plan to rename the centerthough they havent picked a new name for it yetand to convert it into a hybrid outlet and conventional retail center to increase a

A Los Angeles-based development group, Shebourne 26 LLC, says it is buying 110 acres of land next to Airway Heights and plans to develop it for commercial use.The property is located on the west side of Airway Heights, south of U.S. 2, and has

Creighton Engineering Inc.s fire risk management business is ablaze, says company President Scott Creighton. From 1996 until 2004, Creighton Engineering completed about a dozen risk-engineering projects in Washington state, he says. Since 75

Fresenius Medical Care North America plans to open a new dialysis center near Hayden, Idaho, in November. The Waltham, Mass.-based company operates five other dialysis centers in Spokane, Post Falls, and Coeur dAlene in a joint venture with a

The city of Spokane has chosen five companies from around the U.S. and Canada to supply six small wastewater treatment units for use in a two-year, $7.7 million pilot project, says Dale Arnold, the citys director of wastewater management. Hayden,

The Spokane office of Seattle-based Olympic Associates Co. has been named construction manager for projects northwest of Spokane and in the Tri-Cities with a total value of about $35.5 million. Olympic Associates will oversee $18.5 million in a

A group that includes William Bud Dashiell, founder of the former United Security Bank, has filed papers to launch a new bank to be called United Community Bank, which has plans to open branches initially in the Suncrest area northwest of and a