Longtime Spokane banker D. Michael Jones says that Banner Bank, the Walla Walla-based institution hes now leading, needs to expand its branch network in the Spokane area substantially, but its ability to grow here is being hindered by a lack of A

Finding a brokerage firm that hasnt struggled in the past two years would be like finding a grain of pepper in a pile of rocks. D.A. Davidson & Co., a Great Falls, Mont.-based investment firm with a Spokane branch, has had its taste of the to

Seeking greater prominence in downtown Spokane, Global Credit Union has bought a building in the citys core and plans to invest $1.3 million to convert it into a commercial real estate lending center and a full-service branch.Global is the is

Spokane-based ICM Asset Management Inc. has moved here a Portland, Ore., company it bought a year ago that provides analyst coverage of small public companies. The Portland company, RedChip Cos. LLC, has moved to the 11th floor of the Mutual at

Regina Lillie is a hair-salon owner who has never snipped a tress herself. Shes been a businesswoman in Spokane for 20 years, but only has lived here since 1993. Shes a volume dealer in an industry thats full of sole proprietors.

Coeur dAlene Mines Corp. has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission that would allow the mining company to offer various securities worth a total of up to $125 million.Securities that could be offered a

Regal Partnership LLC, of Spokane, says it plans to seek next month a zoning change that would allow it to build a $5 million, three-story professional office building on a residential site along Regal Street on Spokanes South Hill.The the of

Spokane-based Yokes Washington Foods Inc. plans to build two 55,000-square-foot supermarkets in the Tri-Cities. The stores, which will be Yokes Fresh Markets outlets, will be built in Pasco, at the corner of Burden Road and State Route 68,

Central Valley School District plans to begin a $10.5 million renovation of Greenacres Middle School, in the Spokane Valley, next spring.Design work on the project is half done, and the project will go to bid in May or June, says Dave Jackman,

Two-year-old plans for a new office tower in downtown Spokane appear to be dead in the water following a decision by property owner K. Wendell Reugh to step back from the project, which at one time had an estimated cost of $50 million.I think