John Wright, who owns companies in Moses Lake and Ellensburg, Wash., that haul ocean containers, has bought 10 acres of industrial-zoned land in Airway Heights and says he plans to open a satellite container yard and loading facility there. Wright says

Coming to the Journal of Business from the Spokesman-Review newspaper 25 years ago-and, my, how that time has flown-probably the biggest adjustment for me as a reporter was not being able to communicate with readers on a daily basis. That changed, th

A Washington state appellate court panel here recently rejected a lawsuit against Spokane's Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital and related parties that was predicated partly on what's called a 'lost chance” malpractice

A Spokane County Superior Court judge applied the wrong standard of care when she decided that board members of a homeowners association in Mead shouldn't be held individually liable for their actions, an appellate court panel here ruled last week. The

A former chief financial officer for Rockwood Clinic PS who claims he essentially was fired for refusing to doctor an earnings projection for the big health provider network here can proceed to trial with his lawsuit for wrongful discharge, an appellate c

Avista Corp., of Spokane, would be able to raise electric and natural gas rates in Washington on Jan. 1, but not as much as it originally had proposed, if a settlement agreement is approved by the Washington Utilities and Transportation.

The two veteran bond attorneys and two paralegals who comprised the Spokane law firm of Koegen Edwards LLP have joined with Kutak Rock LLP, giving that big national firm its first presence in Washington state and the legal team here much deeper expertise

Being a longtime observer of the local political scene, particularly as it relates to making the Inland Northwest a business-friendly place that also offers a high quality of life, I find it easy to get discouraged by the endless jurisdictional turf battl