Intermountain Community Bancorp, of Sandpoint, has reported third-quarter earnings of $226,000, or 3 cents a share, down almost 91 percent from $2.4 million, or 38 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter.The company also has had a reduction a

A regional securities brokerage has slashed its estimates for Sterling Financial Corp.'s earnings in 2008 and 2009.The Great Falls, Mont.-based brokerage, D.A. Davidson & Co., says that "subdued" loan growth, pressure on net interest margin, and

The glass ceiling—the once ubiquitous metaphor referring to a subtle barrier built upon biases that block women from the highest positions of leadership—doesn't apply today, a book released earlier this year contends.The book is titled

More businesses learned about the benefits of employing people with mental and physical developmental disabilities at a recent annual Hire Ability Day event here, conducted the last five years to boost such hiring, the event's primary organizer who

Washington's growing online school system is less regulated than in other states, and legislators may need to decide whether the state should take a more active oversight role, according to a recent state Senate report.The report, requested by a

Knight Construction & Supply Inc., of Deer Park, has landed two dam-repair contracts with a combined value of about $2.6 million.One project is under way to repair damages on a gate on a navigation lock on the John Day Dam on the Columbia River,