Spokane County has begun a search for land where it could build a new jail facility to accommodate inmate growth for the next 25 years and the expected loss of its Geiger Corrections Center in 2013. County officials plan to put a potential measure

If there were any residual perceptions about Potlatch Corp. being a wood-products company in a REITs clothing, CEO Michael Covey has been felling them like mature stands of western larch left too long in the asset column.Covey, who took the a

Gonzaga University says it plans to construct a greatly enlarged student center and a 600-space, three-level parking garage and retail center over the next three years at a total cost of more than $50 million. The projects will provide more for

A surgical oncologist with Cancer Care Northwest PS, of Spokane, is finding broader uses for an internal abdominal wash with heated chemotherapy drugs following cancer surgery, a procedure that once was considered a last resort only for some or

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories Inc., of Spokane, which touts itself as the Northwests largest independent medical lab, says it has begun marketing a turnkey package of services designed to help big hospitals do in-house specimen is

Scientists in the molecular diagnostics laboratory at Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens Hospital have caught the attention of major research institutions internationally with an invention that improves the quality and speed of complex the a

The Internal Revenue Service says that more than 800,000 of the nations small businesses and large corporations have filed their tax returns electronically so far this year, a 60 percent increase from last year. Even though small businesses a

In his first interview for a job at a United Way organization, Tim Henkel told an interviewer that he could envision making a career out of working for the charitable organization. It was a good interview answer, and he got the job as a campaign of

When it comes to changes in the federal income tax law, no news can be good news, tax advisers here say. Yet, while most of the tax code has been relatively untouched this year, some changes are worth noting, as are possible changes in the future a

Camouflage clothing has become too fashionable to function well, contends Spokane entrepreneur Michael Sparky Sparkes.Picture perfect camo patterns, some of which are so detailed they depict acorns, pinecones and bugs, might look good