United Security Bank, of Spokane, says it plans to build a bank branch later this year at a site south of Mount Spokane Park Drive between U.S. 2 and Market Street.Richard Emery, president of United Security Bancorp., the holding company that is

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electrical cooperative, says it plans to upgrade its transmission line through the town of Millwood if Inland Empire Paper Co. selects the cooperative to supply power to its paper plant there.Inland a

A Spokane Valley development company and a Spokane nursing-home operator plan to build a $21.5 million, 200-unit retirement complex in the Spokane Valley.The development company, Arger Capital Corp., owned by brothers Prokey and Greg Arger, and

Spokane restaurateurs Thomas K. Finnerty and his brother, Brian P. Finnerty, each have filed for personal bankruptcy liquidation in the Eastern Washington district of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.The Finnerty brothers are co-owners of Spokane Bar &

Theres something to be said for recognizing ones aptitude and exploiting it.Thats what Spokanes Kevin Collins did after going to work in 1984 for a finishing shop in Redmond, Wash., that painted sheet-metal, cast-aluminum, machined, and

The state of Washington has filed a motion asking that Spokane trucking company WTB Inc.s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing be dismissed or converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation due to the companys alleged failure to file post-petition tax returns to

Spokane-based Alsaker Corp., which owns a chain of Flying J truck stops, mostly in the Inland Northwest, is extending its geographical reach and hopes to acquire two more truck stops by the end of this year.The company, which owns properties in

Alvin J. Wolff Inc., the brokerage and acquisition division of The Wolff Companies, of Spokane, has bought a 288-unit apartment complex in Boise as the first move in what will be an aggressive plan to penetrate apartment markets in other Western H.

A stack of seven videocassette recorders hooked to one small television set whir into action in the corner of what once was the dining room of Lisa Bergstrom-Regehr and her family.Across the hardwood floor of the South Hill home, a desk holds a

Packet Engines Inc. founder Bernard Daines is organizing what he envisions will be a grass-roots citizens group that would call into question and perhaps push for the reversal of steps city and county government officials are taking to bring into