Bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington fell in 2004 to the lowest level since the economy began to sour in 2000, ending a four-year streak of record-setting increases.While bankruptcy activity here is still steady and remains in what would be

Coeur dAlene developer Marshall Chesrown plans to build a $125 million lake-estate development at Lake Coeur dAlenes Sun Up Bay, which is just south of his exclusive Black Rock development in North Idaho.Chesrowns Ridge at Sun Up Bay is

Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, the Spokane pharmaceutical maker, is taking an early first step toward a major manufacturing expansion at its northeast Spokane plant.Tony Bonanzino, the companys president and CEO, says Hollister-Stier plans

A one and a half mile stretch of Hayford Road between U.S. 2 and the Spokane Raceway Park entrance is scheduled to be widened from two lanes to five this summer.With all the truck traffic and development along that road, there is no way we to

Two projects with up to $20 million in work are scheduled to get under way early this year in the northern half of the planned North Spokane Corridor, known informally as the north-south freeway.One project involves removing earth and grading a

Spokane-area hospitals and physicians say advancements in medicine and technology have helped reduce some of the hazards of high-risk pregnancies for both mother and baby.Thats a good thing because high-risk pregnancies appear to be on the 30

A trend toward women using oral contraceptives more frequently to reduce their number of menstrual cycles dramatically is gaining momentum, say health professionals here and nationally. By staying on birth control pills continuously, rather one

Wheatland Bank, of Spokane, plans to move its downtown branch to a more prominent location in the same building and also plans to move its corporate headquarters there formally.Susan Horton, Wheatlands chairwoman, president, and CEO, says the

SplashDown Concessions Inc., a longtime Spokane Valley water-park operation, plans to expand the business with a giant bowl that drops swimmers out of the bottom.Its the first phase of a planned multiyear expansion, which will add several new

Premier Manufacturing Inc., a Spokane Valley precision sheet-metal fabricator, has absorbed I-90 Express Finishing Inc., an affiliated powder-coating concern, and is moving the two operations into the former Ice World building, in Liberty corporate