Springdale Lumber & BioEnergy LLC, which is launching one of four bioenergy demonstration projects selected by the state in January, has begun sawing custom timbers at a mill it has refurbished at Springdale, Wash., providing 32 jobs and setting of
When Sterling Financial Corp. met with potential investors before wrapping up its $730 million recapitalization Aug. 26, the Spokane company provided them with nonpublic information, including projected net income many times higher than its the in
The owners of two Lewiston, Idaho, bullet-making operations plan to add significant numbers of workers, with one doing so this year and the other gradually through an expansion.The larger of the two, ATK, a Minneapolis-based company, says it to
Dave Smith Motors, of Kellogg, Idaho, says it's breaking ground on a new showroom and service department for its Chrysler vehicle lines this week and will follow that project up soon with a new showroom for its General Motors lines.The auto also
The University of Washington has joined Washington State University in asking the state to appropriate funds to construct a 100,000-square-foot building on the Riverpoint Campus here that would house a proposed four-year medical school and the WSU
Per capita personal income fell by 0.6 percent in the Spokane area in 2009, dropping on an annual basis for the first time in 40 years, says the Eastern Washington University-managed Community Indicators program.A study released recently by the
HAYDEN LAKE, IdahoLA Aluminum Casting Co., of Hayden Lake, Idaho, is riding a string of strong sales years that helped it glide through the recession and is expected to continue.The company, which casts specialty parts from aluminum its &
North Idaho College says it will offer this school year training in the adoption and implementation of electronic health record systems after having received a $625,000 federal grant to train health information-technology workers.The school says
Northwest Farm Credit Services has reported second-quarter net income of $34.1 million, up sharply from $18.5 million in the second quarter of 2009.Through the first six months of this year, the Spokane-based, federally-chartered ag-lending net
Idaho Independent Bank, of Coeur d'Alene, has reported a second-quarter net loss of $1.5 million, or 23 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $195,000, or 3 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter.For the six months ended June 30, the it