Students have until Jan. 2 to apply for admission to a new medical assistant program that Coeur d'Alene's North Idaho College plans to launch in its spring 2009 semester, which begins Jan. 12.The five-semester associate's degree program will for

A clinic here that diagnoses fetal alcohol syndrome and related disorders is one of three statewide that will share in $100,000 in state funding next year aimed at keeping the service available.The clinic, operated by Sacred Heart Medical Center

Oil Analysis Lab Inc., of Spokane, plans to expand its building and add additional lab equipment at its longtime location in East Spokane, and also has leased space for temporary storage in Spokane Valley.The company occupies 7,500 square feet a

Intermountain Community Bancorp, of Sandpoint, says it has received preliminary approval from the U.S. government to participate in the federal capital purchase program and will seek approval from its shareholders to pursue the says its will meet a

Hospitality Associates, a Spokane Valley hotel management company, is moving its headquarters from a hotel it operates at the Spokane Business & Industrial Park into a 3,600-square-foot office space in a building that formerly housed Sullivan Homes

Talecris Plasma Resources Inc., which planned to open a plasma collection center here late last month, has sold assets of that newly remodeled facility to another plasma collection company, International BioResources LLC, representatives from both

The Spokane Public Facilities District is moving forward with plans to redevelop an aging surface parking lot on the so-called "south block" property downtown where it hopes to expand the Spokane Convention Center complex. Meanwhile, a Spokane a