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Bank of Whitman maps plan to ease regulators' concerns

Exec mum on whether institution will merge, raise cash

March 24, 2011

Bank of Whitman President and Chief Financial Officer Bill Knox says the Colfax-based bank, which currently is under orders from state and federal regulators to boost its capital, has developed a strategy that it expects will allow it to relieve a

Feeling the need for beads

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

When Tim Bohr gets close to the flame, he creates works of art at his Glass Gods studio in Spokane Valley. Owned by Bohr and his wife Lori, the glassblowing studio creates hand-blown pieces ranging from colorful beads to custom orders such as a

ISR formally dissolves as corporation

Ex-Liberty Lake concern developed SprayCool, other cooling innovations

March 24, 2011

Linn Parish

Isothermal Systems Research Inc., which for a time was a sizable employer here, formally has dissolved as a corporation.The Liberty Lake-based company, which developed SprayCool and other technologies for cooling electronics, filed articles of a

Longtime law firm relocates

Ewing Anderson leases remodeled top floor, more space in Fidelity Building

March 24, 2011

Chey Scott

Longtime Spokane law firm Ewing Anderson PS earlier this month moved to a new office space in the Fidelity Building, at 522 W. Riverside in downtown Spokane, after being located in the Old City Hall building for 20 years.Patrick Delfino, a with

NW Farm Credit posts jump in net

Lender also posted modest increases in assets, loans; more loan growth expected

March 24, 2011

Linn Parish

Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, has posted 2010 net income of $150.1 million, up substantially from a down year in 2009, during which the federally chartered agricultural-lending cooperative reported $106.1 million in net income.Tom

West Plains city launches own stimulus

Airway Heights invests in street, utility projects for jobs, future growth

March 24, 2011

Mike McLean

The city of Airway Heights says it has launched its own $8.2 million economic stimulus plan aimed at reducing its unemployment rate, which is the highest of any city in the county, and at preparing for future growth.Albert Tripp, the city says on

Silverwood is projecting record year

North Idaho theme park set to invest $2.3 million in three new attractions

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

North Idaho's Silverwood Theme Park expects another record-breaking year in 2011, with season pass sales already up by 4 percent from last year, says Silverwood spokeswoman Nancy DiGiammarco.Following a record of more than 628,000 guests in is a

Froyo mojo hits Inland Northwest

At least four frozen-yogurt stores open within nine months

March 24, 2011

Chey Scott

Frozen yogurt is making a comeback in the Inland Northwest.While a number of frozen yogurt—also referred to as froyo—shops faded away from the area in the late 1990s and early 2000s, at least four new frozen yogurt shops have popped up

Sirti metamorphosis in works

Proposal would combine it with Seattle counterpart

March 24, 2011

Kim Crompton

Sirti, the Spokane-based Washington state economic development agency that's focused on accelerating the development and growth of innovative technology companies, now is taking steps aimed at ensuring its own long-term presence here—though in

Elephant-sized mutual funds are slow to adapt, but steady

Although behemoth funds lack agility, strong ones are reliable, easy to track

March 24, 2011

Personal Investing

Would you rather follow an elephant or a jackrabbit into the stock market?Elephant-sized stock mutual funds trumpet loudly and leave big footprints but often trail the more agile smaller funds that can hop around swiftly with the these behemoths