If you're the parent of a teenager, or spend any amount of time around them, it's not a surprise to hear them say they're bored.

In the middle of the night, gynecologic oncologist Dr. Melanie Bergman sat next to Rose Mary Volbrecht on her hospital bed at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, consoling her with the words

Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Spokane Downtown-South has opened a new, six-story hotel on the lower South Hill that has more than 100 rooms and several amenities for guests.

Transitions, a Spokane-based program that works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children, has moved its New Leaf Café program to the YMCA facility at 930 N. Monroe, from its former location in a Catholic Charities facility at 12 E. Fifth.

Seeking to add to her suite of growing franchise fitness clubs, Jaimee Cox has targeted the end of February to open StretchLab, at 2007 Tea Olive Lane, directly north of Lake City High School in Coeur d'Alene.

Irina Ustimenko is direct when asked why she started a bakery business. 'It was my dream, and I like sweets,” says Ustimenko, who was born and raised in Ukraine before moving to Spokane about 20 years ago.

Nina Booth, operations manager for the Meeting House, in Spokane's South Perry District, says she expects the new café and coffee shop to open Feb. 3. The café is located at 1801 E. 11th, which is two blocks east of South Perry Pizza.

Gonzaga University graduate Michael Stobie currently is setting up his own physical therapy clinic near the Division Y, on Spokane's North Side.

After nearly 30 years of operating in Spokane, business and real estate brokerage company Cunningham Group Inc. closed Dec. 31. Owner and sole employee Donald Cunningham says he is retiring.

Spokane-based landscape architecture company Place Landscape Architecture LLC, which does business as Place LA, is expanding to the Tri-Cities with its recent merger with Sage Design Group PLLC, of Kennewick, Washington, says Place LA owner Joshua Tripp.