By Emily BrandlerOf the Journal of BusinessSpokane-based Inland Northwest Bank says it plans to open branches in North Spokane, Airway Heights, and Hayden, Idaho, and will close its branch inside a Yokes Fresh Market supermarket on North

Avista Corp. says its sale of claims against Enron Corp. and certain affiliates contributed to the Spokane companys earnings in the first half of 2006, which it reported Aug. 2.Malyn Malquist, the companys senior vice president and chief of

Race-car driver and businessman Danny Nelson is living a dream.Just in the last month, the 38-year-old owner of Sport Vehicle Specialties Inc. (SVS), of Reardan, Wash., has test-driven new Ferraris at high speeds in Wisconsin and Portland, and

The Human Potential Project, a Spokane company that offers what it calls transformational learning to improve corporate and personal success, says it has landed a contract with Amgen Inc. to provide training to some of that biotech giants in

A Spokane development company is proposing a 207-lot residential subdivision, to be called Blue Grouse Estates, on the West Plains. The company, Blue Grouse Development LLC, is seeking preliminary-plat approval for the proposed subdivision, be

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., rumored to be considering development of a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution facility on the West Plains, has decided for now not to open such an operation. Keith Morris, a Bentonville Ark.-based community affairs for a

Findlay Automotive Group, a Las Vegas-based car-dealership chain, plans to build a Hyundai dealership in Post Falls and might develop a couple of additional new-car outlets in the Inland Northwest in the future.The planned Post Falls being for

The backers of the proposed Institute for Systems Medicine here are weighing the idea of asking the state of Washington to help fund the institute with sales and use tax money thats now collected here and sent to Olympia.To tap such a funding

Nontribal gaming operations are having a tough time surviving in Spokane County because of a mix of regulatory and competitive pressures, industry representatives say. Four casinos have shut down over the last five years and others are struggling a

With Wal-Mart Stores Inc. breaking ground on its planned West Plains supercenter, a crush of additional retail development is expected in the mostly undeveloped Crosspointe Plaza Shopping Center.Spokane developer Dick Vandervert says that LLC,