Melanie Dressel, president and CEO of Tacoma-based Columbia Banking System Inc., says visiting the Spokane area is like coming home - and she's had reason to come home a little more often than usual this month.Columbia State Bank, the wholly of
Many businesses throughout Spokane and Spokane Valley say they have faced challenges in maintaining sales and customer traffic amid a number of large-scale street repair projects across the metro area.Several of those projects have required road
TJX Cos., a multinational retail corporation, has applied to the city of Spokane to remodel the largest vacant space at NorthTown Mall for a new Marshalls store. The company also has posted online job notices for managers at the planned store, a
Companies have been laying off workers left and right since the economy tanked several years ago, but Linda Oien, a Spokane native and longtime former Xerox Corp. executive, thinks it was a flurry of such activity in the early 1990s that still is a
Challenge and opportunity alike have landed at Spokane International Airport since Lawrence Krauter took the helm as director and CEO last March. Fresh off a 12-day lapse of Federal Aviation Administration funding following a congressional and is
Meetings & EventsMarketing Associates of Spokane will hold its monthly meeting luncheon Thursday, Sept. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. Chris Cargill, eastern Washington office director for Washington will
August 17 / Verner, Hession finish atop primarySpokane Mayor Mary Verner garnered 61 percent of the vote in the first ballot count of the city's primary election, finishing well ahead of challenger David Condon, who had 32 percent of the vote. If
Childhood obesity is endangering the country's future work force. "It is a serious health problem that has adverse and long-lasting consequences for businesses," says Laurel Branen, professor of foods and nutrition at the University of Idaho, in
Knowing the right way to handle stress in the classroom and on the sports field can make the difference between success and failure for the millions of students going back to school this fall, new University of Chicago research shows."We found a
Bath Planet opens in Spokane ValleyBaths by Beldon, an affiliate of San Antonio-based Beldon Home Solutions that does business as Bath Planet, has opened an office and showroom in Spokane Valley. The office is in 3,000 square feet of leased at