The Spokane areas two major hospital systems say they expect to see healthier finances in 2007, but inadequate reimbursement levels and a steady exodus of primary-care doctors continue to be big concerns in the health-care sector optimistic about

The land around the Interstate 90-Medical Lake interchange on the West Plains once again is attracting a flurry of trucking-related development activity.A Salina, Kansas-based truck-wash chain, a Boise-based truck trailer company, and a Cayuga,

The unification over the last eight years of Catholic-sponsored hospitals and other health-care entities in the Northwest operating under the Providence banner is producing broad benefits in Eastern Washington, though the complex relationship still

The cab of Garco Constructions new $1 million Italian-made tower crane not only offers a spectacular view, but also is more upscale than one might expect. Its relatively spacious, and has remote-controlled heating and air conditioning, joystick

RiverBank, which opened for business here six months ago, is exceeding financial projections and plans to double its space just east of downtown Spokane, where its headquarters is located, says Duane Brandenburg, its president and CEO.The has a

Spokane Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic PS says it is developing a $2 million satellite facility on the citys North Side.The single-story, 7,000-square-foot clinic will occupy a roughly 1-acre parcel at 9922 N. Nevada that the doctors group about

On Halloween Day 2001, Spokanes Logan Olson suffered a heart attack, then fell into a three-week-long coma that left her with brain damage and having to relearn the most basic skillsbreathing, swallowing, chewing, holding her head was just 16 a

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, has bought 17 acres of land on the West Plains adjoining the 5 1/2-acre site where its main warehouse and maintenance facility is located.CEO Kris Mikkelsen says the cooperative

Spokane International Airport is using only about a third of its passenger capacity and just 1 percent of its cargo capacity, says a draft technical report by the Washington state Department of Transportation.The report also says that Spokane a

Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin is funding development of a lithium-ion battery pack for an all-electric commuter car developed several years ago by Commuter Cars Corp., of Spokane, and has ordered three of the vehicles that will use that says a