The Davenport Hotel has filed suit against Spokane County, claiming its 2002 property-tax assessment on the historic downtown landmark is too high. The county last July assessed the value of the hotels main towernot including the Pennington

Youve heard the expression, Physician, heal thyself?In the case of Bruce Blackmer, its more like, Architect, redesign thyselfand thy profession.Blackmer, managing principal at Northwest Architectural Co. PS, one of Spokanes

Washington states wine industry is replete with stories of established winemakers who helped others break into the business, or who acted as mentors to their competitors in other ways. As the industry has grown, however, that approach has to

Lincoln Container & Packaging Inc., of Spokane, has filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors, a move that one of the companys co-owners says was caused by an employees failure to pay Lincolns federal employment taxes. Unbeknownst

The new CEO of the Spokane Area Economic Development Council, whoever that is, might take charge of a very different organization than the one that exists today. The EDC is commissioning two studies, one to see what the community, and its the

A Spokane neurosurgeon and a partner whos moving to the area from Oregon are opening a new practice in Coeur dAlene that they hope eventually will grow into a multispecialty spine center based at Kootenai Medical Center there.Dr. Jeffrey of

One of the worlds preeminent biotechnology scientists will be in Spokane this fall to talk about how this regions health-care industry and its colleges and universities can work together to build a biotech industry here. The scientist, Dr.

Nearly a decade after launching whats known as the Spokane Heart Study, its lead investigator is preparing to publish findings that could change the way the world looks at heart-disease risk.For instance, people who have high cholesterol but

Washington state legislators have earmarked money to save two Eastern Washington rail lines, a move that could help preserve hundreds of jobs here.One of those lines, the 5-mile Geiger rail spur on the West Plains, serves businesses that employ

Lifestream Technologies Inc., of Post Falls, reduced its net loss substantially in its third fiscal quarter through a combination of cost-cutting measureswhich included some layoffs and a reduction in salaries and hoursand a higher profit on a