Recently, Spokane perinatologist Dr. Cherie Johnson, who specializes in high-risk pregnancies and births, drained a cyst on the kidney of a babywhile it was still in its mothers uterus. Advanced technology is enabling physicians to perform such

The city of Cheney, which began installing a citywide high-speed fiber-optic network last year, has selected a contractor to implement the second phase of that project, which includes linking businesses and residences to the system.It has a to

Taxable retail-trade sales rose 5.3 percent in Spokane County and 5.1 percent in the city of Spokane during the third quarter of 2002.The county logged retail-trade sales of $823 million, up from $782 million in the third quarter of 2001, and 5

When Nova Services, a nonprofit corporation that provides job training and placement to disadvantaged and developmentally disabled people, approached John Crow eight months ago about contracting with it, Crow hesitated. Hed employed disabled as a

As many Americans retirement wealth has fallen during the last two years, some older residents here have curbed plans theyd made for their sunset years.Retirement-industry and elder-service experts here say the sour investment market among

A small, white dry-erase board hangs on the wall in Tom Wilsons modest office on North Market. Its been scribbled on and erased hundreds of times, but Wilson believes one of those scribbles, a diagram drawn almost two years ago on the heels of

Women are stupid.Thats what one male patient blurted to Dr. Janice Christensen, a cardiologist with Spokane Cardiology PSC, years ago when she was practicing medicine in Arizona. Women doctors here say such attitudes are diminishing, though,

May, May & McReynolds LLC, of Boise, Idaho, which owns the Spokane House hotel, at 4301 W. Sunset Highway, has affiliated the establishment with the Travelodge Hotels Inc. hospitality chain to boost business at that local landmark.Built in the

The number of foreclosure actions in Spokane County rose 1 percent in 2002 to 1,153, but economic observers say the small increase is a sign of stabilization after eight years of substantial increases.Full-year figures werent available for in

Payne Financial Group Inc., a Missoula, Mont.-based insurance and financial services agency, quietly has opened a Spokane office and hired some veteran agents from other agencies offices here. Payne opened its Spokane office about three ago,