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Transitional-care unit sought at Holy Family

Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, both under the umbrella of Spokane-based Providence Services, are seeking state permission to open a 25-bed transitional-care unit at Holy Family.Holy Family is proposing to spend about $1.2...

Industrial park sets expansion

For the second time this year, the owner of the big Spokane Business & Industrial Park has announced plans for more development, this time to the north of the developed part of the park.The owner, Spokane-based Crown West Realty LLC, says it to...

Office market here tightens

The Spokane-area office market has tightened dramatically, especially downtown, and is expected to remain tight through next year, say executives at two of Spokanes largest commercial real estate companies.As a result, businesses that are to &...

Six Providence hospitals move closer to joining

Sacred Heart Medical Center, St. Marys Hospital in Walla Walla, and the network that operates Holy Family Hospital and three smaller hospitals north of Spokane are closer to joining into a single integrated network after six months of the to...

City in negotiations to buy north bank land

As consultants continue work on a master plan to transform the north bank of the Spokane River between Howard and Washington streets for educational, recreational, and sports uses, public land holdings there could be on the verge of increasing.A...

WindStar Group wants to become regional player

A young Spokane computer seller and consultant called WindStar Group Inc. has enjoyed explosive growth in its first four years, and now is contemplating expansions that it hopes will make it a regional powerhouse.The company, which was founded a...

Committee to suggest four Valley underpasses

A Spokane County proposal to construct four railroad underpasses in the Spokane Valley and several projects proposed by the Washington state Department of Transportation on Interstate 90 and U.S. 395 here have made a list of high-priority projects...

It’s the economy, stupid

As Spokane County and municipalities here develop new comprehensive land-use plans to comply with state-mandated growth management, a new topic will be looked at along with the usual issues of land use, transportation, and public services.Its...

Gonzaga seeks $41 million

Gonzaga University is seeking approval of a $41 million bond issue to pay for a number of planned capital projects on the Jesuit schools campus northeast of downtown Spokane and to refinance some debt.The university has asked the Washington to...

Mining concerns advance on Argentinian prospects

Two Spokane mining exploration companies, Yamana Resources Inc. and Minera Andes Inc., say theyre making significant advances on promising mineral deposits in Argentina.Yamana says its has found what it believes to be a commercially viable a...

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