Some diabetic patients faced with losing parts of their legs might receive a reprieve from amputation through the use of a new laser catheter device at Deaconess Medical Center here. The new device called Clirpath, which is short for cool of &

Construction activity in the Spokane area is outpacing what was a bustling 2004, but contractors here worry that a pervasive cement shortage is slowing an otherwise brisk clip. Meanwhile, home-sales activity is maintaining a torrid pace, as and

With business slowed by the reconstruction of Third Avenue downtown, the owners of the Arbys fast-food restaurant at 328 W. Third decided to take on a reconstruction project of their own.Dave McGann, who owns the Arbys outlet with Cyrus to

Spokane Food Service Inc., operator of 26 McDonalds Corp. restaurants in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area, plans to remodel two of its longtime restaurants here. Cory Ray, the companys operations supervisor, says that later this month it the

Covenant Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) hopes to sell its eight-acre site at the northwest corner of 57th Avenue and Palouse Highway and build elsewhere on the South Hill. The move would open up a potential retail site along the coveted a a

Cyrus Vaughn can almost talk you out of being interested in his storied food-service career. After all, he says, his partner Dave McGann is the reason the North Side Arbys restaurant is the top-grossing store in the entire 3,450-restaurant he

A new Home Depot Inc. store announced for Liberty Lake early this year now is expected to be part of a much bigger, $35 million retail development planned by an out-of-state real estate group. The group, which has formed a joint venture called

As health-insurance costs have skyrocketed in recent years, activity has surged as well at VEBA Service Group LLC, a Spokane-based medical-benefit company, says Mark Wilkerson, the 21-year-old companys co-owner.VEBA Service Groups annual by

Moody Aviation, the aviation training arm of Chicago-based Moody Bible Institute, has begun the descent toward its new home in Spokane and expects to arrive as scheduled this summer. The flight school, which trains pilots and aviation mechanics

Comcast Corp. plans to roll out a programming-on-demand feature for its cable-TV customers here soon and has introduced new high-speed Internet capabilities for businesses.Ken Rhoades, Comcasts Auburn, Wash.-based area vice president, says on