Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen Co., which claims to be the nations largest drugstore chain, says it plans to open its 10th Spokane-area outlet next fall, at the northwest corner of 29th Avenue and Grand Boulevard.In preparation for a building

The city of Spokane is readying for possible sale more than 24 acres of land on the North Side that its water and solid-waste departments currently occupy and that has attracted considerable interest from prospective buyers. Wal-Mart Stores the

A North Idaho company plans to develop whats envisioned as a 275-unit, $60 million housing project, to be called Coyote Rock, along the Spokane River just west of Pines Road in Spokane Valley.The company, Neighborhood Inc., already has begun

The land around the Interstate 90-Medical Lake interchange on the West Plains once again is attracting a flurry of trucking-related development activity.A Salina, Kansas-based truck-wash chain, a Boise-based truck trailer company, and a Cayuga,

Avista Corp., which has a long history of buying and selling energy, wants to sell its Avista Energy trading subsidiary.While Avista Corp. hasnt said that in its press releases, it has talked with securities analysts about its desire to of L.

Spokane drug manufacturer Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, which has launched a roughly $30 million expansion of its facility here, says it has grown at a much faster pace this year than it projected. Moreover, it expects strong growth again next

Results of the Washington state Department of Transportations latest cost estimate to finish constructing the North Spokane Corridor wont be published until January, but DOT officials here say that report will project a more than $1 billion in

Medical personnel at Sacred Heart Medical Centers Primary Stroke Center, in Spokane, are pioneering team protocols used to diagnose and treat a stroke while a patient is still in the emergency room.The protocols streamline collaboration among

Kootenai Medical Center is one of a handful of sites in the U.S. studying a new drug aimed at treating a rare form of cancer, and the Coeur dAlene hospital says its seeking to position itself as a regional center in that type of experimental at

The unification over the last eight years of Catholic-sponsored hospitals and other health-care entities in the Northwest operating under the Providence banner is producing broad benefits in Eastern Washington, though the complex relationship still