The federal government has released for the first time gross domestic product estimates for local-area economies of more than 300 U.S. metropolitan areasincluding the Spokane area.The figures, released late last month by the U.S. Bureau of at

Ashley Furniture HomeStore, which announced earlier plans to open a store in Liberty Lake in March, says it also now plans to open an outlet in the Pine Water Plaza II retail development just north of Spokane.An affiliate company, Heggen-Thorud

The city of Spokane has approved a State Environmental Policy Act checklist for a chemical storage site for Custom Spray Service Inc., of Spokane. The approval clears the way for the company, which earlier was cited for continuance of a hazard,

Goodrich Corp., the Charlotte, N.C.-based company that makes carbon aircraft brakes at a plant on the West Plains, has won an appeal that could keep it from being hit with a big increase in property taxes here based on the assessed value of the of

A new long-term care pharmacy, ReliantRX LLC, has opened east of downtown and offers mobile, same-day delivery of drugs and medical supplies, as well as health screenings and immunizations.ReliantRx, which has been an off-campus client of the a

Spokane Eye Clinic PS plans to have a new $9.6 million, 44,000-square-foot building erected for it at 427 S. Bernard, just north of its current facility in the medical district south of downtown.The four-story medical-office building, to be by

Builders and developers here say the city of Spokane Valleys building and land-use permit processwhich they describe as inefficient and sluggishhas been improving in recent months due to recent efforts by the four-year-old city.Some still

Kootenai Health, the Coeur dAlene-based hospital system that operates Kootenai Medical Center, projects in its recently completed strategic plan that it will spend at least $55 million to expand and renovate facilities in Coeur dAlene and go of

Spokane pulmonologist Dr. Gregory Loewen says a combination laser and drug treatment that he helped develop is showing promise in curing early-stage lung cancer. Loewen says he has used the treatment, called photodynamic therapy, successfully a

AmericanWest Bank plans to establish an operations center in the 48,000-square-foot Spokane Valley complex that Ambassadors Group Inc. vacated in August and will move 150 support personnel there from various Spokane-area locations.The moves, to