Rockwood Clinic PS has opened a multiple sclerosis center in its main facility at 400 E. Fifth near downtown Spokane, says Dr. Steven Pugh, a neurologist there and the new centers medical director. The center is the second one here devoted to

Tall shoots of wild grass, rising up through rocky soil and scattered chunks of broken concrete, bend lazily under a gentle breeze as sparrows flit around playfully just above the ground and a fat marmot scurries toward its den.Such is life on

Mature Matters Publishing Inc., of Spokane, which produces directories of services for seniors and provides seminars on aging and elder care, has separated from Lawton Printing Inc., also of Spokane, following a four-year joint publishing endeavor,

As seniors at the Fairwinds-Northpointe retirement center eat their meals in a large dining room, general manager Bob Krentel often plays old tunes for them on a nearby baby grand piano.I play America, The Beautiful every morningthats

Travis and Peggy Camp, of Spokane, have bought the assets of Dicks Suzuki Inc., a longtime Spokane Valley motor-sports dealership, from founders Dick and Pat Ascol for an undisclosed sum.Travis Camp is the son of longtime Spokane auto dealer

The Spokane areas four major hospitals together spent about $12.3 million on charity care last year and wrote off about another $13.8 million in bad debt. Though that combined $26.1 million rose just 4 percent last year, some first-quarter a rate

Aries Northwest LLC, a Spokane company owned by Scott and Carolyn Schmidtman and a family trust, has bought the assets of the big Westside MotorSports dealership on the West Plains for an undisclosed sum.Scott Schmidtman, an attorney, former it

Stinson Manufacturing Co., which makes scaffolding planks, decks, and ladder jacks used to form stable above-ground work platforms, has found that keeping its balance in a turbulent economy isnt easy.The small Spokane business posted its in

The Liberty Lake operation of Getronics, the big Amsterdam-based information-technology conglomerate, shows few signs of rebounding much from the work-force losses it has suffered in recent years. That doesnt mean, though, that the roughly is has

Inland Northwest Science and Technology Center, the nonprofit citizens group that has proposed a $30 million-to-$40 million science-and-technology center on the north side of Riverfront Park, appears to be close to clearing an initial Majer, the he