The city of Spokane, in cooperation with others, is working on plans to enlarge a broadband wireless-communication network that currently covers just a 100-block area of downtown.The goal is to provide a greatly expanded grid for the technology

XN Avionics LLC hopes to take flight, figuratively speaking, once it moves into a planned larger hangar-office complex at Spokane International Airport thats expected to be completed by fall.In the meantime, the 16-month-old subsidiary of XN

Straining under the effects of the national recession, Spokane-based North Coast Life Insurance Co. suspended quarterly dividend payments on its preferred stock indefinitely two years ago.It expects to restore those dividends at the end of this

The North Side lodge of what once was the largest Fraternal Order of Eagles chapter in the country has been sold, a consequence of declining membership nationally in such organizations.Spokane real estate investor Terry Tombari says he and his

What a difference a few years can make.Phillips S. Baker Jr. says he had some hesitation before becoming chief financial officer for then-struggling Hecla Mining Co. in the spring of 2001 because, There were certain questions in my mind as to

A sweeping and somewhat controversial new banking law, dubbed Check 21, thats intended to speed up check processing and reduce processing costs became effective three months ago, but has caused nary a stir here yet.Spokane-area financial

Ideas are beginning to emerge for the Post Street pedestrian bridge project thats slated to get under way as soon as the Monroe Street Bridge reconstruction is completed, and one of them calls for retail kiosks or a farmers market or public the

When the Spokane enterprise owned by John and Annette Cummings botches any of the products it makes, as inevitably occurs while its training new employees, they dont go to waste. Theyre consumed, and eagerly so.Our neighbors love us,

Spokane real estate investor Vince Dressel and his wife, Janet, have bought a grain-silo complex just north of downtown, but havent decided yet what theyll do with it.The couple paid $775,000 for the complex, which includes a long building

Providence Health Care, Spokanes largest hospital-system operator, has hired a high-profile industry consultant to evaluate the performance of its hospitals, and says the intensive study likely will result in cost-cutting measures.The Inc., 6