When it became clear to Spokane contractor Ron Barnes that his parents Orville and Marjorie Barnes, both in their mid-80s, needed assistance in day-to-day tasks, he looked into building a home to accommodate both generations.Sketching it out on
K&N Electric Motors Inc., of Spokane Valley, doing business as K&N Industrial Equipment, has landed an $8 million contract through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to upgrade heavy equipment on two Snake River dams, says Janet Schmidlkofer, the a a
Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, has been selected as the contractor for two new commercial buildings in Spokane Valley with a combined value of $1.4 million, building permit application information on file with the city of Valley
Unlawful detainer filings, which are the legal documents landlords can use in Washington state to evict tenants who have violated rental agreements, have jumped in Spokane County this year by 250 cases, or about one-fifth. Through the first 10 a
Women own well over 50 percent of the private wealth in this country. Most new businesses are started by women and they have been outperforming men in higher education since 1990. Women are advancing on all fronts of the economy and will be for to
A 2013 study by the National Institute on Retirement Security found that Americans of all ages are "falling well short of the savings amount they need to secure their retirement." Roughly one-third of baby boomers have no retirement savings and one
Spokane-based PrimeSource Credit Union, with nearly 6,000 members and two branches here, is experiencing strong asset and loan growth this year, during a time when the financial institution also is increasing its marketing efforts, says CEO called
Fee disclosure requirements for employer-sponsored 401(k) and other defined contribution retirement plans are a good idea, some financial and plan advisers here say, but they add that the disclosure statements sent to millions of plan participants
A handful of publicly-traded banks serving the Inland Northwest reported mixed results for the third quarter, with most describing a challenging market.A couple of bank holding companies said acquisitions bolstered quarterly earnings, while some
Hart Capital Management Inc., a Spokane-based investment firm, says the stock value of 14 publicly traded Inland Northwest companies as measured in an overall index it prepares rose by nearly 4 percent in the third quarter.The Hart Capital Index