A well-established medication now is being administered here as a nonsurgical alternative to liposuction. Laser & Vein Center PLLC, a physician-owned Coeur dAlene company that does business as Reflections Med Spas, earlier this month began is

Nadine Sullivans shop sells old Levis jeans that will keep your house warm, rather than your wardrobe in vogue. She has paper that at one time you could write ononly now you can prepare food on. Sullivans shop, Eco Depot Inc., a of

Some of the Spokane areas big distribution centers are getting bigger. Expansions are under way at a number of facilities that are seeking to ease overcrowding and keep up with demand.In our case, its because were growing faster and

Recent federal rule clarifications regarding health savings accounts will let employers put more money into the accounts of employees who participate in health-wellness programs and improve their health as a result. Such incentives will be at a

Mike Genova, the owner of Spokane-based hot tub accessory maker Leisure Concepts Inc., plans to construct an industrial building near that companys current facility in Hillyard and plans to start a plastic injection-molding company there. says be

A franchisee of Minneapolis-based barbecue restaurant-chain operator Famous Daves of America Inc. hopes to enter the Spokane market. Pat Courtemanche, a Minneapolis-based spokesman for Famous Daves, says the franchisee, StarRibs WashPac LP,

Avista Corp., of Spokane, has begun the final phase of a multiyear, $35 million upgrade at its 52-year-old Cabinet Gorge Dam, located on the Clark Fork River near the Idaho-Montana state line. The upgrade project enters its final stage as the a

Lives are being saved at hospitals here thanks to the pairing of medical professionals into new crisis teams, Spokane-area nurse managers assert.Three of the Spokane-areas four major hospitalsSacred Heart Medical Center, Holy Family and & a

A Spokane development group led by Lexington Homes Inc. President Dave Nerren plans to build a two-story office building along Southeast Boulevard, on Spokanes South Hill. Design work on the structure is under way, and construction is to two

Milltown Park LLC, a company formed by Wellesley, Mass.-based brownfields redeveloper Renova Partners LLC, has started cleanup of a former Louisiana-Pacific Corp. mill site in Sandpoint and plans to seek approval of a multimillion-dollar on that is