Kim and Hollis Silva, previously employees at The Melting Pot, are now the owners of the downtown fondue restaurant, and the first franchisees with the Tampa, Fla.-based chain to take advantage of company's new Path to Grow financing program. The 8-yea

Having spent the last several decades working to resettle young refugee children in the Seattle area, nonprofit human services agency Lutheran Community Services Northwest has begun to do the same in Spokane through its Unaccompanied Refugee Minor progra

With open enrollment periods for health insurance starting next month, consumers once again find themselves navigating the complexities of health care plans. Because of those complexities, Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based Premera Blue Cross says it has be

Living in the Spokane area, odds are you've probably seen at least one of Fairchild Air Force Base's big gray refueling tankers pass overhead on one of its daily missions. However, the experience of watching as one of those KC-135 Stratotankers refu

Businesses offering parking and shuttle services to Spokane International Airport say they have struggled following the airport's decision this summer to increase its trip fees. One such business, the Park 'N Jet lot, located at 5602 W Sunset Highwa

Up to 55 percent of women suffer from some type of vein problem, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health. That's 10 percentage points higher than the share of men who have similar issues, and varicose v

Big Spokane-based commercial real estate brokerage Kiemle & Hagood Co. says it's on pace for a year of strong growth in its commercial property management services, continuing and possibly improving on a several-year trend.