Spokane entrepreneur and angel-investing fund organizer and adviser Tom Simpson says he has formed a new family of angel funds that shortly will begin making its first investments in emerging companies in the Inland Northwest.Named Kick-Start he

A robotic surgical system that Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital acquired last year that features what's called integrated fluorescence imaging capability is enabling a surgeon here to do more partial kidney removals on

For most Inland Northwest golf courses, the playing season is coming to a close, but for Spokane golfing merchandise inventor and veteran entrepreneur Jim Schoenleber, the selling season is just getting into full swing. Schoenleber owns The a he

Washington Trust Bank easily has retained its customary position as the leader in bank deposits in Spokane County, says an annual market share report released earlier this month by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.The Spokane-based $1.85 in as

Spokane Valley residential designer Curt Schimanski, who has worked with some of the Spokane area's most prominent homebuilders, believes there is untapped demand for new homes designed specifically to meet the needs of residents as they age.He

Barbara and Ron Wachter, owners of the Hilltop Inn, in Pullman, Wash., have launched a $7.6 million expansion of the 59-room hotel that will nearly double the number of guest rooms it offers.The project will include construction of a 56-room and

The Spokane office of Hill International Inc., a New Jersey-based construction management company, says it recently completed oversight of a quick-turn project that involved erecting identical freestanding classroom additions at four East Valley in

Providence Holy Family Hospital says it is wrapping up work that began more than eight years ago on an $8.4 million multiphase renovation of patient floors in the six-floor main building on its North Side campus.The project has included a large

Cancer Patient Care, a longtime nonprofit here that provides nonmedical assistance to cancer patients, says it has appointed Melissa Halverson as its new executive director.Halverson succeeds Adam Nebeker, who left to pursue a master's has been