AmericanWest Bancorp., of Spokane, says it expects its regulatory capital ratios and those of its main operating subsidiary, AmericanWest Bank, to improve significantly as the result of a new law that extends the federal income tax carryback period
The Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau will seek to appoint a blue ribbon committee of board members and other business leaders to help it address long-range funding issues.Separately, the CVB and the Greater Hartford (Conn.) and a
A California-based real estate investment trust has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the former Empire Ford auto dealership property in downtown Spokane, says Nate Greene, who along with his wife, Roberta, owns the property through The Greene
Spokane residents Jeff and Shawna Miller have shouldered their share of challenges in their small-business ventures here in the last year. Jeff Miller says that although his eyes may have glazed over a few times at the circumstances he's faced &
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., a national trucking company based in Thomasville, N.C., says it plans to erect a $3.6 million, 18,000-square-foot terminal in Spokane Valley and move its Spokane operations there from space it currently leases.The
The Spokane Public Facilities District is negotiating to buy the C.I. Shenanigan's restaurant building and land, just north of the boat-shaped Group Health Exhibit Hall downtown, as part of a long-range plan to develop additional convention exhibit
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians could begin work as early as next spring on infrastructure improvements for an envisioned mixed-use development on land it owns near its expanding Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights, says Kent Caputo, on
Business advocates here say they're going to be especially conservative this year when they submit funding requests to the Washington Legislature for the upcoming session because the state's supplemental budget likely will involve more deep cuts in
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the big Bentonville, Ark.-based retail chain, is getting ready to expand its already substantial presence in the Inland Northwest.It says it has started work on two large North Idaho storesone in Hayden and the in a
Direct-market farmers at Green Bluff, the unincorporated farming community northeast of Spokane, are breathing a sigh of relief following their annual Harvest Festival, held Sept. 12 to Oct. 25. Sales growth flatlined, but the numbers of visitors a