An ovarian cancer treatment protocol that had fallen out of favor over the past 20 years is re-emerging after a recent study found that the little-used method can extend a patients life by more than a year. Thats encouraging news for of 95

A husband and wife, both of whom are Spokane-area physicians, have bought the former Sunrise Wood Products Inc. building, located along the Spokane River east of downtown, and plan to convert the building into condominiums.Dr. Andrew Chester he

A company led by George Gee Automotive Group President Ryan Gee has acquired the assets of Tri-City Nissan, in Pasco, Wash. The Pasco dealership employs 60 people and sells some 2,000 new and used cars annually, says Gee, who is managing of WG

The Spokane-area grocery industry is changing faster than you can say, Paper or plastic?Wal-Mart Stores Inc. nearly has finished adding grocery departments at all three of its stores here and wants to develop two more locations, each of has

A national company, rumored to be Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is considering developing a mammoth distribution center on the West Plains. Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke says the county has been approached by a consultant representing the in

When the Inland Northwest home market has been hot in the past, apartment-vacancy rates have risen as people who were renting flocked to buy homes of their own.Thats not the case this time around. Despite the current record-setting home-sales

Fowler Property Acquisitions LLC, the Sacramento-based company that recently bought the Crescent and Paterson buildings in downtown Spokane, has begun remodeling the historic structures.Located at the southeast corner of Main Avenue and Post a

Part of a downtown Spokane building that once housed elegant home furnishings soon will become a destination for lovers of fine steaks.Former Ridpath Hotel General Manager Bill Alles is planning an upscale steakhouse, to be called Churchills,

HollisterStier Contract Manufacturing, a division of Spokane-based pharmaceutical maker Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, has inked an agreement with Roxro Pharma LLC, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based early-stage drug maker that has a pain-management in

As the job market tightens and qualified candidates in some fields become harder to find, many employers say they increasingly are using employee benefits as recruiting tools. Human-resources professionals here say that oftentimes, they offer