Imagine a battle in which an armys troops become confused and attack each other, rather than their enemy. In war, mistakenly attacking an ally is called friendly fire. When that nightmarish scenario happens inside the human body, its called

Jan Richardson says she has grown accustomed to going against the grain with her career decisions.Richardson, who owns and is the general manager of the combined Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo auto dealerships here, chose to work in an by an

Boise-based Clearwater Lodging LLC says it plans to add to the crush of residential developments planned or under way in Kellogg, Idaho, with a 32-unit luxury condo complex its developing near Silver Mountain Resort, at a cost of $10 project, to

Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative, which has more than 120,000 members in Eastern Washington, says it plans to move its South Hill clinic later this year to the Regal Place professional building thats rising on the west side of Regal Street

Home-improvement retail giant Lowes Cos. apparently plans to open a store next to the Spokane Valley Plaza shopping center east of Sullivan Road, according to a site plan filed with the city of Spokane Valley. The site plan calls for a total of a

If the growth rate of Spokanes residential construction market can be likened to the pace of a runner, the market might not move ahead at the blistering speed of a sprinter this year, but still will run like a top marathoner.Joel White, of in

Four of the top five Inland Northwest home builders in 2005 remained in that elite group in 2006, but were joined last year by Sullivan Homes Inc., which moved up from 10th place, according to an annual building-permit list compiled by Cedar City,

Honeywell Electronic Materials Inc., of Tempe, Ariz., says it plans to invest more than $1 million in remodeling and acquiring new equipment for its research and development center at its Spokane Valley-based plant this year.The capital project

The owners of the Bluefish restaurant and bar in downtown Spokane say they plan to open a new restaurant this spring in the space formerly occupied by Ankenys Rooftop Restaurant on the top floor of the historic Ridpath Hotel.The new is part a

Viking Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, says it hopes to start site work this spring on a nearly 200-lot residential subdivision its planning to develop in Airway Heights.The development, to be called Traditions, would be located north a