Gary Bernardo says he and Bob Wills, majority owners of Bernardo Wills Architects PC, of Spokane, have bought a half-acre parcel of land downtown with two buildings on it and plan to move the prominent Spokane design firm there early next year a on

Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, has reported second-quarter net income of $18.5 million, down sharply from $31.2 million in the year-earlier quarter.For the year's first six months, the federally chartered ag-lending cooperative of a

Blue Water Technologies Inc., based in Hayden, Idaho, has been awarded a more than $400,000 subcontract to install its phosphorus-removal system in the wastewater treatment plant being built for the city of Plummer, Idaho.Tom Daugherty, Blue the

Novelis Inc., an Atlanta, Ga.-based aluminum rolled-products manufacturer and recycler that operates a research-and-development facility here called the Solatens Technology Center, says it plans to move that operation into a new $2.5 million it's &

The Coeur d'Alene-based franchisor San Francisco-Style Sourdough Eatery Inc. plans to expand the sandwich-shop chain dramatically, with up to 100 new outlets within the next three years.The founder, Robert Lenhart, says he plans to move to an in

Prominent Spokane-based real estate brokerage NAI Black and Spokane technology entrepreneur Greg Green have formed a merger-and-acquisition unit within the brokerage's commercial division, says NAI Black CEO Dave Black.The joint venture will in