Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank says it's considering opening a second branch in Walla Walla, Wash.The bank has filed an application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to establish a branch there in the recently developed Rose Street

The Spokane Airport Board is trying to negotiate a contract with the longtime fixed-base operator at its Felts Field general aviation airport here, after its request this spring for proposals for such an operator there netted no responses.A or a

The Spokane metropolitan area has experienced strong business "cluster" formation since 1990, reflecting an economy that now is "less dependent upon local industry and one that is participating in the larger U.S. economy," a newly released study by

"Never write a book about mistakes," an editor at a major publishing house once advised me. "People want to read about how to make money, not how to avoid losing money."The depth of this recession, however, makes capital preservation every bit a

Deb and Bill Weisgerber, of Spokane, have bought the Grounds & Grub coffee stand at 1402 S. Bowdish, in Spokane Valley, and have renamed it Deb's Espresso, which is also the name of another coffee stand, at 1127 W. Northwest Blvd., that they says a

July 14 / Employment here falls Nonagricultural wage and salary employment in the Spokane metropolitan area fell to 211,200 in June, down by 10,100 jobs from the June 2008 level, according to preliminary Washington state Employment put