Hospitals here have seen record numbers of emergency-room visitors so far this year, and in some cases overall record admissions. Administrators say the high level of activity is likely due to population growth here, though some suspect an number a

In a time of escalating fuel costs, a fledgling Post Falls business has begun marketing recreational boats that it says can operate for less than $1 a day.The business, Inland Empire Duffy Electric Boats LLC, became a distributor last October a

The Spokane office of Coffman Engineers Inc. is participating in a $200 million U.S. government effort to bring aid to earthquake-ravaged Pakistan. Pakistan still is recovering from a massive earthquake that killed nearly 75,000 people 18 months of

Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest, the Spokane-based nonprofit employers group, says that it has bought the Moloney+ONeill insurance brokerages North Side building for an undisclosed sum.Jim DeWalt, CEO of Associated Industries,

Whitworth College plans to start work this month on a new visual-arts building it will erect at a total cost of $7.1 million.The 19,400-square-foot building, to be built on the north side of Whitworths campus, is to include an gallery, a and

Aho Construction I Inc., of Vancouver, Wash., has purchased a 30-acre parcel of land on the West Plains and plans to develop a 90-lot residential subdivision there.Aho received approval from Spokane County of a preliminary plat for the which is

Two Spokane restaurateurs have merged their operations into a holding company that soon will oversee six restaurants here, and say the new concern expects to launch an aggressive acquisition and development strategy that could include buying hotels

Spokane-based RMA Inc., doing business as Spokane Airways, has sued Spokane International Airport (SIA) and the Spokane Airport Board for alleged violations of lease agreements, which it claims have destroyed its ability to operate as a fixed-base

Spokane developer Mick McDowell says construction of an 11-story, $60 million retail and office building that he and his wife, Shelley, are proposing at the east end of downtown could begin by this fall.The construction schedule will depend, on

The Washington Legislatures approval last month of a licensing measure that likely will discourage, if not prohibit, the opening of specialty hospitals in the state is drawing differing reactions from hospital executives and physicians measure, a