Bank of Whitman President and Chief Financial Officer Bill Knox says the Colfax-based bank, which currently is under orders from state and federal regulators to boost its capital, has developed a strategy that it expects will allow it to relieve a
When Tim Bohr gets close to the flame, he creates works of art at his Glass Gods studio in Spokane Valley. Owned by Bohr and his wife Lori, the glassblowing studio creates hand-blown pieces ranging from colorful beads to custom orders such as a
Isothermal Systems Research Inc., which for a time was a sizable employer here, formally has dissolved as a corporation.The Liberty Lake-based company, which developed SprayCool and other technologies for cooling electronics, filed articles of a
Longtime Spokane law firm Ewing Anderson PS earlier this month moved to a new office space in the Fidelity Building, at 522 W. Riverside in downtown Spokane, after being located in the Old City Hall building for 20 years.Patrick Delfino, a with
Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, has posted 2010 net income of $150.1 million, up substantially from a down year in 2009, during which the federally chartered agricultural-lending cooperative reported $106.1 million in net income.Tom
The city of Airway Heights says it has launched its own $8.2 million economic stimulus plan aimed at reducing its unemployment rate, which is the highest of any city in the county, and at preparing for future growth.Albert Tripp, the city says on
North Idaho's Silverwood Theme Park expects another record-breaking year in 2011, with season pass sales already up by 4 percent from last year, says Silverwood spokeswoman Nancy DiGiammarco.Following a record of more than 628,000 guests in is a
Frozen yogurt is making a comeback in the Inland Northwest.While a number of frozen yogurtalso referred to as froyoshops faded away from the area in the late 1990s and early 2000s, at least four new frozen yogurt shops have popped up
Sirti, the Spokane-based Washington state economic development agency that's focused on accelerating the development and growth of innovative technology companies, now is taking steps aimed at ensuring its own long-term presence herethough in
Would you rather follow an elephant or a jackrabbit into the stock market?Elephant-sized stock mutual funds trumpet loudly and leave big footprints but often trail the more agile smaller funds that can hop around swiftly with the these behemoths