In anticipation of a growing demand for less traumatic surgery for women, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has launched a practice called the Center of Gynecology Robotics & Minimally Invasive Surgery.The practice, is

In early February, Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank had been looking for years to acquire a bank in the Portland, Ore., area with full branching rights, and had informed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. of that interest.When the arose to a

Dental crowns" and "convenience" aren't words that often go together, but Dominic Case is trying to change that.Case, co-owner of Crown King Dental Restoration Services Inc., at 7826 N. Market, has launched a mobile lab with computer-aided and a

Some sectors of the Spokane-area office market experienced strong demand in 2008, but the number of lease transactions is expected to slow this year and possibly next year, industry observers here say.Also, rents for such space could hold their

Some observers of the struggling construction industry are seeing glimmers of hope in an unsettled economy as highly anticipated projects, such as two new retail megastores in Kootenai County are nearly ready to get rolling.Also work on a big in

Although the pipeline for new construction projects appears to be slowing, major projects valued at more than $660 million, most of which started last year or the year before that, are under way in Spokane County, and big projects worth more than a

Tim Van Lohuizen and Joe Angelo, the principals at Financial Strategies, a small Post Falls financial-planning and risk-management firm, left larger companies so they could be closer to clients.Van Lohuizen says he worked at an investment in