Northwest MedStar, the Spokane-based nonprofit air-ambulance service, is feeling the pinch between rising fuel costs and flat Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance reimbursements, its managers say.Anthony Minge, MedStars business operations says

A 5-year-old Spokane manufacturer of hand-operated machines that enable one person to move heavy rolls of paper or reels of cable says its growing rapidly and taking away U.S. market share from its chief global competitor.The company, Inc., a

In the face of rising health-care costs, some employers here are tweaking their wellness programs to workers who participate in options designed to keep them well.The incentives, which include gift cards, lower insurance premiums, and fitness

The tax-increment financing district spawned by the planned Kendall Yards urban village could be the catalyst that helps fuel up to 18 city and county projects with an estimated cost of $21 million that reach as far north as Cora Avenue.While a

A rising mainstream demand for natural-stone, stone-tile, and manufactured-stone countertops is driving a recent expansion of fabricators and installers in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area, industry representatives here say.Longtime Spokane and

Western Avionics Inc., the longtime Spokane-based provider of aircraft electronics equipment and pilot supplies, has added aircraft maintenance to its services, and has changed its operating name to Western Aviation, says Dave Hood, the companys

David Coombs, president and owner of Downtown Toyota/Lexus Inc., of Spokane, has bought the former Safeway Inc. store site at the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Maple Street, says a real estate broker who was involved in the purchase.The

Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest, the Spokane-based nonprofit employers group, says that it has bought the Moloney+ONeill insurance brokerages North Side building for an undisclosed sum.Jim DeWalt, CEO of Associated Industries,

Aho Construction I Inc., of Vancouver, Wash., has purchased a 30-acre parcel of land on the West Plains and plans to develop a 90-lot residential subdivision there.Aho received approval from Spokane County of a preliminary plat for the which is

The Mirabeau Point area, once all but written off following the closure of Walk in the Wild Zoo in 1995, is now a growing center of private, civic, and recreational uses in the Spokane Valley, thanks to an influx of $70 million or more in Business