Spokanes restaurant industry has been growing robustly in recent years, thanks largely to a healthy economy, a vibrant downtown, and diners newfound appetites for niche cuisines, restaurateurs here say.In one indicator, taxable retail sales

A California developer has broken ground on a planned $28 million project at the Sandpoint Airport that will include 44 fly-in residences as well as commercial and aviation-services buildings. To be called SilverWing at Sandpoint, the is

As world aluminum prices go, so go the fortunes of Wagstaff Inc., a 61-year-old Spokane Valley company that makes equipment for the aluminum-casting industry. Right now, aluminum prices are hot, and theyre expected to remain so for the were $1.10

Construction is under way on the first phase of what ultimately is expected to be an approximately $50 million skilled-nursing and retirement complex in Post Falls that will include a total of 320 rooms and apartments. Life Care Centers of in a

The Idaho Transportation Department is getting ready to submit to the Federal Highway Administration its final environmental impact statement for its planned conversion of 31 miles of U.S. 95 to a four-lane divided highway, says department Barbara

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has landed three big projects around the state that have a combined value of more than $150 million.Lydig was expected to start work this week on one of the projects, a $66.5 million new high school near is

Inland Northwest new-home buyers, especially those moving here from other metropolitan areas, are starting to ask home builders for greener homes.Their requests have been heard by enough contractors that the Spokane Home Builders (SHBA), in

Also says that taking an oral contraceptive less than eight years wont boost cancer riskTaking the contraceptive pill doesnt increase a womans chances of developing cancer and may even reduce the risk for most women, according to a recent

The national trend toward obesity is hampering womens ability to conceive children and to maintain pregnancies, says Dr. Edwin Robins, a Spokane physician who specializes in fertility issues. Robins, of Spokanes Center for Reproductive & a

At least one-third of U.S. women will suffer pelvic health problems by age 60, sometimes including heavy menstrual bleeding or incontinence, but many of them dont seek medical help, a national study and health-care providers here say.The of a