Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, expects to start work this month on a $715,000 contract to build the footings and foundation of the Washington State University Biomedical and Health Sciences Building on the Riverpoint Askins, a a
Dirne Community Health Center, a Coeur d'Alene nonprofit founded to improve community access to health care in North Idaho, is responding to dramatic growth in demand for its services with plans to move to larger quarters to make room for paid and
As Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital undergoes a big emergency department expansion this fall, its three-year-old effort to add more adult acute-care beds remains mired in legal proceedings. A hearing is scheduled for
Clarity Health Services Inc., a Seattle-based health-care information technology company that helps physicians and hospitals track patient referrals and related information, will enter the Eastern Washington market early next year.Peter Gelpi, a
A Pew Research survey conducted last summer found that 60 percent of employed adults ages 51 to 60 may delay their retirement due to the recession, and that 35 percent of those 62 and older already have pushed back their retirement date.Business
Report says money earned in first quarter hit highest point since early in 2007
July 28, 2011
Income earned from the sale of annuities at bank holding companies rose 28 percent to $748.2 million in the 2011 first quarter, up from $582.6 million in the year-earlier quarter, says a recently released bank annuity fee income report. That's
Carla Altepeter, of Oshkosh, Wis., who begins Sept. 1 as president and chief executive officer of Numerica Credit Union, says she has worked in the industry to build community ties.Altepeter has spent almost 20 years as president and CEO of in a
Numerica Credit Union's retiring executive Dennis Cutter has watched the industry do a lot of growing up during the past 40 years. Now, he expects some credit unions to continue getting bigger through mergers.Cutter predicts that merger activity
Bank of Fairfield, based in Fairfield, Wash., says it plans to open loan production offices next month in Colfax and Oakesdale, Wash. The company has bought two buildings to house the offices, says Bank of Fairfield President Jay Wernz. The in a
Liberty Lake-based Spokane Teachers Credit Union says it has started construction of its 15th branch, which is scheduled to open late this year in Spokane Valley.The planned branch, which STCU will call its South Valley branch, will occupy a to