An effort to promote energy-efficient home construction is sprouting in the Spokane area.A consortium of Pacific Northwest power companies, public agencies, and other groups has started the Energy Star Homes Northwest program, through which in

Pullman-based developer K. Duane Brelsford plans to make a bold entrance into the Spokane market this year with up to three projects that together would cost more than $20 million.The prolific developer is well known in the Palouse, having more

Nearly halfway through his first year at the helm of Empire Health Services, the turnaround specialist whos serving as the organizations CEO says its headed in the right direction.Empire, which owns and operates Deaconess Medical Center &

If population surges and a hot real estate market werent proof enough, banking activityspecifically sharply rising loans and depositsprovide further evidence of rapid economic growth in Kootenai County. Three Coeur dAlene-based banks in

Granite Investments LLC, a company headed by Spokane developer Dick Vandervert, is building a $1.8 million office building in the Pacific Northwest Technology Park, on the West Plains.The 17,000-square-foot, single-story structure is being just

Standing on the sidewalk along South Perry Streetnear a Dutch windmill that houses a natural-foods store and a service station-turned-coffee shopone can hear flurries of stomps and taps most evenings.Peer through the picture windows of a a

In the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area, selling a home is the easy part these days.Finding a new one to buy is a bit trickier. The Spokane and Coeur dAlene multiple listing services report unusually low numbers of homes for sale in those Real

A Spokane heart surgeon is performing a new, less invasive procedure, called the Wolf mini-maze, to treat the irregular heartbeat condition known as atrial fibrillation.The physician, cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon Dr. Mandya Vishwanath, a

After spending the past several years expanding and remodeling its sprawling South Hill campus, Sacred Heart Medical Center is undergoing another kind of revamp: the reworking of its patient-flow strategies and day-to-day staffing needs. While

The number of foreclosures on deeds of trust in Spokane County fell in 2004 for the second straight year, and to the lowest level in six years. With the regions employment outlook improving and home prices rising, the number of foreclosures 6