Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announced this afternoon that he has approved the Spokane Tribe of Indians' STEP project in Airway Heights. Inslee says in a press release that his decision concurs with the U.S. Department of Interior's determinati

Hieber Properties, the Spokane-based development company that's renovating the historic Bennett Block in downtown Spokane, says it has signed Carhartt Inc., the Dearborn, Mich.-based maker of durable workwear apparel, as the anchor tenant for that prope

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has agreed to acquire Group Health Cooperative, a Seattle-based health insurer that has nearly 130,000 customers in Eastern Washington, Group Health announced this morning. The transaction is pending approval by

Waterford on South Hill, the big retirement complex owned and operated by Touchmark Living Centers Inc., of Beaverton, Ore., says it will change its name later this year to Touchmark on South Hill.Also, it says it is nearing completion of a big

Hospice of North Idaho says Kootenai Health, the Coeur d'Alene-based hospital district, has pledged $250,000 toward Hospice's plans to construct an inpatient facility in Coeur d'Alene.The nonprofit Hospice of North Idaho has announced plans to a