Rahco Ag Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Spokane-based Rahco International Inc., has developed a new leveling system thats designed to be used with John Deere combines and is intended to appeal to Midwest farmers. Richard Hanson, president of is

Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, has posted record earnings for 2005, a year in which its assets nearly crested the $3 billion mark for the first time in its 103-year history. The bank had net income of $38.7 million last year, up 32 percent

Talk of traffic-impact fees is circulating again.The Spokane Regional Transportation Council is studying ways to identify and pay for street improvements needed to handle increased traffic generated by new developments. What likely will come of

Already cramped in its current quarters and continuing to grow rapidly, Inland Northwest Health Services is looking to move into a larger space, ideally by the end of this year, says Tom Fritz, the Spokane organizations CEO.INHS has a for to

COEUR DALENEThis is my mid-life crisis, Alan Perkins says with a grin as he rambles down Coeur dAlene Lake Drive in a 10-miles-to-the-gallon, look-at-me yellow Hummer H2. The 41-year-old self-described eco-geek environmentalist it

Attention Wal-Mart foes and fans: Pace yourselves. It could be a long fight.City of Spokane officials say Wal-Mart Stores Inc. must go through many steps before its proposed 186,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter at the northeast corner of on

The white-hot condominium market has prompted another property conversion, this time on the North Side, where Gib Brumback plans to convert a 46-unit apartment complex on the Five Mile bluff into condominiums. The project is the latest in a new

Tidymans LLC, which operates a grocery-store chain based here, has sold three of its Spokane-area supermarket buildings to a Western Washington real estate investment group for a total of $8.45 million.Tidymans President and CEO Mike Davis

COLFAX, Wash.Sixty miles south of Spokane, a small bank is hatching some big ideas.Bank of Whitman, based in this small farm town but with 18 branches in its system, is preparing to raise its profile in the Spokane market by opening a branch

Life starts at 60, goes the optimistic expression.Some people, though, find themselves starting over in their late 50s or 60s, looking for a job but having no definite career path. A few organizations here offer job-placement assistance for