Kim Crompton

Premera beefs up its workforce in Spokane

Insurer to have close to 600 employees here by end of year

July 3, 2013

Premera Blue Cross, the Inland Northwest's largest health plan provider, has been expanding its workforce here aggressively and says it expects to have close to 600 employees on its east Sprague Avenue campus by the end of the year.Eric Earling,

Ankle replacement interest grows

Procedure less common than those for knee, hip, but offers similar relief

July 3, 2013

Kim Crompton

Ankle replacement surgery, though far less common than knee and hip replacement procedures, gradually is gaining favor as baby boomers age, people become more aware of it as a medical option, and medical technology improves, orthopedic surgeons is

Womer architectural, engineering firm relocates downtown

Native American-owned design firm leases space in Old City Hall building

June 20, 2013

Kim Crompton

Womer & Associates, a Spokane-based, Native American-owned architectural and engineering firm, says it has moved downtown as part of an effort to raise its visibility and has merged with a Spokane Valley fire-protection consulting company.The a

As obesity, diabetes rise, perinatal services grow here

June 6, 2013

Kim Crompton

Due partly to the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes, the Spokane area is seeing growth in perinatal, or maternal-fetal medicine, services, which strive to ensure the best possible outcomes in high-risk pregnancies.A maternal-fetal at a &

Roundy's motor-sport dealership to close; Mead school district buys building

Mead School District leases Roundy's building to house STEM academy

June 6, 2013

Kim Crompton

Roundy's, a longtime family-owned motor-sport dealership here, plans to close, and Mead School District has leased the dealership property with plans to move the bulk of its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program there the

Providence launches pain management clinic at HF

Anesthesiologists head facility set up to work with referred patients

May 9, 2013

Kim Crompton

Providence Health Care, of Spokane, says it has opened a pain management clinic at Holy Family Hospital on the North Side that's intended to be a resource for physicians with patients who are struggling to keep pain in check.The Providence Pain

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Spokane team to design, construct Wine Science Center

Work on $23 million WSU Tri-Cities facility likely to begin this fall

May 9, 2013

Kim Crompton

Lydig Construction Inc. and ALSC Architects PS, both of Spokane, have been selected by the Wine Science Center Development Authority to construct a $23 million research and teaching facility at Washington State University Tri-Cities in the Spokane

Deer Park business park plan gets boost

City accepts right-of-way property for long-sought business park near airport

April 25, 2013

Kim Crompton

A long-discussed vision of developing a business and industrial park in Deer Park, about 15 miles north of Spokane, has moved another step closer to becoming a reality.The Deer Park City Council voted unanimously last week to accept the donation

Gonzaga University students rev up resumes with Honda marketing competition

Marketing 490 class sets sights on first place in national competition

April 11, 2013

Kim Crompton

A team of 16 Gonzaga University seniors accepted for enrollment in a Marketing 490 class is competing against 19 other college teams nationwide in what's called the Honda Civic Marketing Challenge.The class has been using a $3,000 Honda-funded a

AmericanWest acquisition spree hits midpoint

AmericanWest nears $460 million invested of $750 million raised

April 11, 2013

Kim Crompton

Spokane-based AmericanWest Bank, resuscitated two years ago after a near-death experience, appears to be recovering rapidly under the care of new management that has reduced its problem assets and used a big pile of investor cash to expand the and