Potlatch Corp., of Spokane, announced this morning 2012 fourth-quarter net income of $13.9 million, or 34 cents a diluted share, up considerably from a net loss of $1.5 million, or 4 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. For all of last year,

Sterling Financial Corp., the Spokane-based parent of Sterling Bank, reported this afternoon fourth-quarter 2012 net income of $20.9 million, or 33 cents a diluted share, up from income of $14.8 million, or 24 cents a share, in the year-earlier net

The city of Airway Heights announced today that it has agreed to release Spokane County from a contract that prevented the county commissioners from taking a position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Washington state governor's office on to

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, announced this afternoon that it plans to introduce a new brand segment of hotels that will be called The Leo Hotel Collection.Intended to complement its full-service Red Lion Hotels and the limited-service Red &

Meetings & EventsThe National Association of Women in Construction will hold its membership meeting on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 5:30 p.m., at Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors, 4935 E. Trent. The topic will be health and fitness for by

Jan. 10 / Mark Richard becomes DSP presidentThe Downtown Spokane Partnership named former Spokane County Commissioner Mark Richard to be its new president, replacing Mike Tedesco, who was fired last fall. A lifelong Spokane-area resident, Richard

Ditto's Print & Copy moves to new spaceDitto's Print & Copy Center has leased a two-story, 4,200-square-foot building at 2515 E. Sprague and has moved there from the South Hill, says Russ Davis, who co-owns the more than 15-year-old business with

During the past 20 years, investors have been exposed to the tech bubble, the likes of Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford, the financial liquidity crisis of the late 2000s, and other unsettling events. More recently, we have heard much about the and

Urban planners have long preached that one key measure of a community's quality of life is the quality of its parks.A hundred years ago, visionaries in Spokane made parks a priority. Thus the city and county have been blessed with abundant for a

Freeborn Tool Co., of Spokane, a longtime maker of cutting tools for woodworking applications, will move to a larger facility next month, says Michael Foster, co-owner of the company.Foster recently formed Mikafo Properties LLC, which bought for