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 young Spokane business, Signature Genomic Laboratories LLC, has positioned itself on the leading edge of commercial genetic technology by employing a relatively new molecular technique to diagnose chromosome abnormalities in human patients.In

Bank of Fairfield, which is based 30 miles south of Spokane, plans to open a lending office on the edge of downtown Spokane.The office will be located in about 2,700 square feet of office space on the third floor of the WCH Building, at 201 W.

A 6-year-old Millwood business called Commercial Lending Northwest Inc., which is owned and staffed by just one person, books an average of $30 million a year in loans. The company, which often serves businesses that are struggling to repay has

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

A North Idaho company recently started work on the first phase of a planned assisted-living facility in Hayden, Idaho, called Wellspring Meadows.The first phase will include one of four buildings that each will house 15 residents, says Jim who

Washington state reimbursed nursing homes $100 million less than what it cost them in 2003 to care for elderly Medicaid patients, who account for more than two-thirds of their residents, the nursing home industry claims.By reimbursing nursing a

Riverview Retirement Community, of Spokane, is planning a $10 million expansion of its campus in East Spokane.Design work is under way on an independent-living complex there that will include between 20 and 25 duplex buildings, with a total of

John Amistoso understands that when it comes to the appliance business, its better to be the hunter than the hunted.The owner of Freds Appliance Inc., who also is an avid big-game hunter, has transformed a mom and pop operation into a that

Spokane Rock Products Inc. has submitted the low bid for what is now a $3.4 million project to convert a busy, eight-block stretch of Freya and Thor streets on either side of Interstate 90 into a one-way couplet. Work on the project is expected