So much for simplifying the tax code. Tax laws passed this year add even more complexity to the code than taxpayers had to deal with previously. Theres another 600 pages added to the tax code, but there are some very good provisions, on

Spokane real estate broker and developer Robert H. Cooke is developing a $1 million condominium building overlooking the Spokane River in the historic Brownes Addition neighborhood, just west of the citys core.Cooke says work on the at 1902

Avista Stadium, home of the Spokane Indians minor-league baseball club, needs more than $8 million in upgrades in the new few years to remain a viable sports venue, a Spokane County committee has determined.The county and the Indians are about

Two years ago, longtime Coeur dAlene businessman Duane Hagadone announced plans to turn over Hagadone Corp.s day-to-day operations to five key executives.In July, at age 72, he finally did it. After more than 40 years of hands-on oversight

Deaconess Medical Center plans this month to begin using a relatively new procedure to treat peripheral vascular disease.The condition, also known as peripheral arterial disease, occurs when plaque builds up and narrows arteries in a patients

The federal tax law passed last year opened a loophole so big that a small-business owner could drive a Hummer through itor at least, drive one off a car lot much easier.The law allowed a business to write off as a business expense up to of a

Former Spokane attorney James Sheahan has bought the old Sarnac Hotel building and a neighboring warehouse structure along West Main Avenue in downtown Spokanes east end.The buildings are just east of two structures that Sheahan bought in and

SL Start Co., a Spokane for-profit company working largely in markets dominated by nonprofits and government agencies, is growing at an aggressive clip and quietly has emerged as a significant employer here.The company places disadvantaged in I

Touchmark Living Centers Inc., the Beaverton, Ore.-based operator of the Waterford on South Hill retirement community, is proceeding with the first phase of a planned $20 million, 60-home independent-living project near its main campus.The has

Wheatland Bank, of Spokane, has chosen the Pine Water Plaza development as the location of its North Side branch and still is looking at potential sites for a new branch on the citys south side.Wheatland Bank President and CEO Susan Pittman a