Kootenai Health, the Coeur d'Alene-based hospital district that operates Kootenai Medical Center, has agreed to acquire a gastroenterology practice over the next year and a related endoscopy practice in 2014.North Idaho Gastroenterology will its

For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak coming near age 65, a new Ohio State University study says.The results might help doctors and other professionals target this generation with health a

Advanced Machining NW Inc., a new Spokane machine shop, has leased 1,500 square feet of floor space at 7826 N. Market. Steve Peterson, of Coldwell Banker Tomlinson North, and Doug Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate Group LLC, handled the transaction. Fluids

Portland, Ore-based Century West Engineering Corp. has leased a 6,100-square-foot Spokane Valley office building at 11707 E. Montgomery Drive and plans to move there next month from smaller quarters it has long occupied about three miles east of be

Kearsley Construction Inc., of Spokane has broken ground on a Sprague, Wash., emergency response center that will be home to a volunteer fire department, and will replace a smaller, older facility, says project architect Ryan Zane, of Spokane-based

Seattle-based Pennon Construction Co. is erecting a 5,000-square-foot building in the Spokane Valley to house a Mattress Firm retail store. Madison Sprague II LLC, of Kirkland, Wash., is developing the structure, which will be located at 4707