While Spokane County appears in this area's Multiple Listing Service to have a sizable number of newly constructed, single-family houses for sale, nearly half aren't built and fall into a category the real estate industry calls ghost listings.As

Some Spokane-based banks are shifting or considering a shift this year toward keeping more home loans they originate on their books, versus the common practice of selling a vast majority in the secondary mortgage market, bank executives those in at

Spokane pharmacist Edie Ward describes herself as an advocate for the women she talks to daily about hormone replacement therapy. Almost three years ago, she decided to beef up that role by becoming a certified menopause practitioner. Ward that

Liberty Lake-based Mica Game Company LLC grew out of a longtime friendship between two men who as kids enjoyed Risk, the war board game with opponents trying to conquer the world.As business partners today, these friends become enemies when a in

An investor group with a sizable percentage of stock in Ambassadors Group Inc., the Spokane-based student-travel program provider, says it has lost confidence in the company's leadership and is proposing its own three candidates to Ambassadors' LP,

For construction activity in the Spokane area's education sector, the 2012 outlook remains strong, with at least $378 million in major projects currently under way or expected to begin this year.One highly visible construction zone is on the for

Catholic Charities Spokane, a 100-year-old nonprofit with social services throughout Eastern Washington, offers 11 programs providing food, shelter, clothing, education, counseling, and support to people in need—and as is the case with other a