Veteran woodworker Russell Rapp's business, Capital Antique Restoration, is one of a dozen or more furniture repair and refinishing shops in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, but its name belies a unique history that encompasses historical artifacts

Fred Meyer Stores, of Portland, has hired Boise-based Engineered Structures Inc. (ESI) as the general contractor to do a $10 million remodel of its store north of Spokane near Wandermere Mall.Caroline Pavlinik, business development director for

Sterling Financial Corp. expects to return to profitability this year after posting a steep loss in 2008, but says it won't provide guidance to investors on how much profit it might earn in 2009.Dan Byrne, the company's executive vice president

Following a steep decline in home sales here, the ranks of real estate agents also are thinning out.Rob Higgins, executive officer of the Spokane Association of Realtors, estimates that membership in the association has fallen to 1,950 today, a

The number of temporary positions available in Spokane is way down and is following a national downturn in the industry, say temporary staffing representatives here.Nationally, the temp industry has been bleeding jobs for more than a year, losing