Two and three years ago, Spokane Realtor Ron McIntire had to shovel out front doors in order to show houses. At the time, McIntire says, about four in 10 houses on the market were vacant, and many listing agents didn't keep the sidewalks clear.
There were almost 1,000 fewer bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington last year than in the previous year, the second consecutive year of declining activity, year-end data show.Consumers and businesses filed 6,214 bankruptcy petitions last year
For the first time in the 20-plus years that the Washington state Department of Ecology has generated recycling statistics, Spokane County residents recycled more waste than they threw away in 2010, according to figures released late last month by
Self-described serial entrepreneur Mark Baker formed a company in 2008 through which he developed a word-strategy card game called 5 To Close, but he never could develop a suitable strategy for producing the game and properly launching the three 5
Inland Northwest technology companies say they will be adapting to changing markets in 2012 in efforts to boost salesor at a minimum, maintain market shares.Meantime, says Innovate Washington co-founder Kim Zentz, startup activity appears
The number of jobs in the Inland Northwest is expected to increase in 2012, though not nearly as quickly as analysts typically would expect them to grow in what appears to be a recovering employment market. Grant Forsyth, an economics professor
Journal of Business Publisher Greg D. Bever will retire Jan. 20, after a 43-year career in the newspaper industry. Paul Read, who has been with the Journal since its inception 25 years ago and currently serves as its operations manager, will the
Despite talk at the national level of taxing the richest 1 percent of Americans more aggressively, current federal gift-tax and estate-tax laws are favorable to high-net-worth individuals, Spokane-area estate planning professionals say. At the a
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
Two Inland Northwest companies working in two distinct sectors have begun investing tens of millions of dollars in their respective stocks, moves one analyst says are representative of a trend among publicly traded companies.Clearwater Paper the