AmericanWest Bank lost about $156 million in 2008, and saw loan volume fall but deposits tick upward slightly, while its total assets declined by 10 percent, say year-end financial documents it has filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. yet

February 26-March 12, 2009 The Spokane Leadership Breakfast will be held on Friday, Feb. 27, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. The Boy Scouts of America Inland Northwest Council will host

Cd'A print company hires additional staff for international job Coeur d'Alene-based Originals Inc., which does business as Digital Color Print Center, has begun work on a large fine-art reproduction job that has required the company to

Feb. 24 / Employment drops here Nonagricultural wage and salary employment in the Spokane area dropped to 212,000 in January, a decrease of 3,400 jobs from the January 2008 level, according to preliminary state figures. Preliminary put

Spokane Valley-based Inland Commercial Casework Inc. has been tapped to produce and install built-in fixtures, such as window sills and countertops, for two of five buildings being constructed at Fairchild Air Force Base, as well as for a building

Numerica Credit Union, of Spokane, says its net income fell by 3 percent in 2008, but its loans as of year-end were up 14.2 percent from a year earlier.Numerica's net income fell to $5.5 million in 2008, from $5.7 million in 2007. As of Dec.

The developers of Northtown Square say a national barber shop franchise and a local tuxedo rental chain both have agreed to lease space in the 71,000-square-foot retail center that's under construction at the former site of a Wendle Ford A of to

Blockbuster Inc., the Dallas-based video-rental chain, says it plans to close a store on Spokane's North Side after failing to reach an agreement on a new lease with its landlord there.Randy Hargrove, the company's Dallas-based spokesman, says a

The city of Spokane has included money for a newly created annexation coordinator position in each of its past two annual budgets, but has yet to fill the job, and, given the weak economy, doesn't know when it will, its spokeswoman says."We have

A Floor Coverings International franchise outlet that sells flooring supplies to residential and commercial customers will open a showroom and storefront March 14 in an about 2,700-square-foot space at 904 E. Wellesley, says Christi Swearingen, who