Sports competitions are expected to score big points for the Spokane-area economy this year, but if investments arent made in new venues soon, the region could be warming the bench rather than hosting more events in the future, an expert eyes be

Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, says Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has awarded it a more than $11 million contract to build the big Bentonville, Ark.-based retail chains new West Plains supercenter.Construction has started on the 2

A 9-month-old Spokane Valley company that designs and builds precast-concrete park and restroom structures says it is growing rapidly and is looking at developing a manufacturing plant on a yet-to-be-determined site here.Weve been meeting a

Max J. Kuney Co., of Spokane, has been awarded a $65 million contract to replace two parallel bridges on busy Oregon state Route 99E that cross Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Portland.Rebuilding the spans, which are called the Martin Luther a

The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations approval of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer heads a list of the top five womens health stories of 2006, as selected by the Society for Womens Health Research, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy has a

Last month, researchers reported that breast cancer incidence rates in the U.S. fell dramatically between August 2002 and December 2003. Some have speculated the drop occurred because millions of women had stopped hormone treatments after a large a

Jon Osborne is eager to expand his presence in the machining industry, but doesnt expect to make many friends among the countless machinery makers who derive much of their income from selling replacement parts.His small Airway Heights Extreme

Osteoporosis sufferers are benefiting from several new drugs that have come on the market in recent years and can look forward to the arrival of a number of new drug treatments, but despite such advances, the battle for better bone health is far in

Quincey Edmonds, of Newman Lake, has filed a preliminary-plat application and zone-change request for a proposed $10 million residential development in northeastern Spokane Valley.Edmonds would develop that project, called Valley Coach Estates,

A physician here who specializes in diagnosing and treating spinal conditions plans to start a new practice, called SpineTeamSpokane, and to open multidisciplinary spine centers in Spokane Valley and on the North Side. The physician, Dr. Daniel