Silver Mountain Corp., the Redmond, Ore.-based operator of Silver Mountain Ski & Summer Resort, has bought the 1,500 acres of ski terrain on which its resort near Kellogg, Idaho, is located.Separately, the company plans to start work this on a

With nearly all of its living units currently occupied, Fairwood Retirement Village & Assisted Living is eyeing $7.1 million in expansion projects at its campus on Spokanes North Side. Sam Knutson, manager of Fairwood Village, says the plans

Downtown Spokanes once airtight Class-A office market has loosened considerably as the Metropolitan Financial Center has gone from fully occupied to 21 percent vacant in 16 months time.Now, the real estate industry here is speculating about

Swallowable cameras the size of large vitamin pills are helping physicians diagnose problems in parts of the gastrointestinal tract that they previously had difficulty analyzing.The technology is called capsule endoscopy and involves a camera a

A less invasive method of treating prostate cancer now is being used in Spokane.The procedure, called cryoablation of the prostate, involves freezing the entire prostate and killing italong with the cancer with which its infected. Dr. a

Telco Credit Union, of Spokane, has bought 1 1/2 acres of bare land on Spokanes North Side and plans to construct a building there to house a full-service branch and its headquarters.The recently purchased land is located at 9707 N. Nevada, a

Spokane restaurateurs Mike and Cheryl Didier plan to open a secondand even largerProspectors Bar & Grill, the big West Plains restaurant that opened last spring.The couples company, Prospectors Inc., has agreed to lease a planned building

A diploma isnt the only important document that some students have in hand when they graduate from high school these days. A growing number of students, educators say, are graduating with specific, industry-defined skills certifications that

Spokanes shortage of low-income housing includes a proportionate dearth of living units for independent-living seniors.Some low-income housing proponents now have their eyes on what could be a larger problem: affordable assisted-living units

DigiDeal Corp., a Spokane Valley-based maker of digital gaming tables, plans to expand its facility and start performing its own light-manufacturing and light-assembly work.Previously, the company had contracted out that work.Mike Kuhn, and