For Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, fundraising has become much more than selling cookies. Cookie sales still account for a significant portion of the Spokane-based organization's revenues, but it has increased its donor in
Among 2012 resolutions, it's moved ahead of losing weight and living healthier
March 15, 2012
Young adults have made saving a priority this yearahead of losing weight, living healthier, and other typical New Year's resolutionsas financial concerns take a toll on their friendships and personal lives, a new survey has found.The
Getting ready to retire involves more than just setting aside a nest egg, especially in the final years before "R" day, financial planners here say.Financial planners tend to move up on their clients' speed-dial lists as they seek more frequent
Pair of prominent chief investment officers slated to speak at annual event
March 15, 2012
The CFA Society of Spokane, a group of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals, is bringing to the Inland Northwest two nationally known speakers for its 18th Annual Economic Forecast Dinner. To be held March
Stacey Mainer and Sandy Ivers left for Kopanga, Kenya, in the early morning of March 6. The trip from Spokane to the rural African community takes two full days, including more than 17 hours in the air. It's a route that's become familiar to the
One-third of companies responding to AGC query plan to add staff this year
March 15, 2012
Significantly fewer construction firms are planning to lay off workers this year than at any point in the past few years, according to the results of an industrywide survey released earlier this year by the Associated General Contractors of America
The Medical Lake Food Bank Association has bought a 13,265-square-foot building at 312 E. Grace in Medical Lake, west of Spokane, and plans to move there in June from smaller, leased quarters in the Dora Burt Community Outreach building, at 211 N.
The Kootenai Technical Education Campus is well under way on a 20-acre site on the Rathdrum Prairie, in North Idaho. Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, is building the 54,000-square-foot structure, which is to be finished by this fall.
Spokane ranked highest among measured Washington markets
March 15, 2012
Nationwide housing affordability rose to a record level during the fourth quarter of 2011, while prospective home buyers continued to feel the constraints of tighter credit standards and a soft economy, according to National Association of Home of
The Coeur d'Alene City Council's recent decision to revamp McEuen Park brought back a rush of memories for me.Not about the ball fields. I never played on the lakeview diamonds just east of the Coeur d'Alene Resort. Nor about the boat launch.