Randall L. Fewel, president and CEO of Inland Northwest Bank, has projected that the Spokane-based institution will return to profitability this year.The bank's parent, Northwest Bancorporation Inc., reported recently a fourth-quarter net loss a
Central Pre-Mix Development Corp. is seeking to rezone for mining uses 85 acres of land it bought in 2008 at an auction of part of the former Spokane Raceway Park property.Central Pre-Mix, which produces ready-mix cement and sand and gravel to a
The operator of Red Lion Hotels Corp.'s TicketsWest call center here says it has begun having some of the employees in that center work from their homes. TicketsWest outsourced its call center ticket sales in Spokane last spring to Dallas-based
Accurate Molded Plastics Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, is erecting a 20,000-square-foot addition at its manufacturing plant there, says Scott Gabbert, the company's general manager.The company currently occupies about 35,000 square feet of floor space
Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, says its net margins jumped 56 percent last year to slightly more than $5 million, due largely to record power sales, lower operating costs, and the sale of its former headquarters
Washington Trust Bank managed to make a profit last year, although the just under $3 million in net income it posted was less than a fifth of the $15.8 million in profit that it logged in 2008.As of Dec. 31, the Spokane-based bank's loans were a
John Ferrell and Joe Wing started "turning," or making components for, pens as a hobby. Now, as business partners, they're hoping to turn a profit.Ferrell and Wing opened JJ's Pen Place LLC this year in the Eagle Plaza, at 14415 E. Sprague, they
The operator of the Olive Garden Restaurant chain has applied for a permit to build a $1.3 million "new Olive Garden" at the site of a former Hollywood Video Store near Northpointe Plaza.The operator, GMRI Inc., of Orlando, Fla., submitted an a
Ownership groups led by Spokane developers Dick Vandervert and Lowell McKee plan to start work soon on three major commercial projects in the Tri-Cities area with a total value of $34.3 million.The planned projects include a hotel and an office
Liberty Lake high-tech concern IT-Lifeline Inc. is working with Spokane-based hotelier Red Lion Hotels Corp. to offer call-center operators the space and equipment needed to get up to hundreds of workers back on line within 48 hours if their a an a