Thanks to improved conditions for agriculture in the Pacific Northwest, Northwest Farm Credit Services posted much higher earnings of $30.8 million in the third quarter, up 48 percent from $20.8 million in the year-earlier period.Through the to

Taxable retail sales across the state of Washington shot up 10.5 percent in the second quarter, the largest quarterly increase in 16 years, and increased by similar amounts in both Spokane County and the city of Spokane.Taxable sales reported a

Spokane architect and developer Glen Cloninger says he and partner Dave Mark plan to construct four more buildings in the Grapetree Village mixed-use site on Spokanes South Hill within the next several years.The 10-acre, mostly still property

Cheney native and former professional football player Steve Emtman says site work is expected to start next spring on the first phase of what could become a 255-acre mixed-use development there with 1,300 housing units.The first phase of the to

Two large projectsa 214-lot residential subdivision and a $12 million biodiesel production plantare planned in or next to the small town of Spangle, on the east side of U.S. 195 about 15 miles south of Spokane.The projects, if approved, the

Triumph Composite Systems Inc., of Spokane, says it has won a contract from Boeing Co. worth an estimated $49 million, and plans to hire nearly 60 employees here as a result of that work and several other new contracts its lining up.The with

A fight that has been brewing for the past few years between the board that operates Spokane International Airport and the airports oldest and largest provider of refueling and other general aviation services might be reaching a boiling Airways a

Community leaders in the small, quiet college town of Cheney say that the city has been humming with development activity in recent years, and theyre seeking ways to encourage that growth for the future.The West Plains city has been a growth

A year after Cancer Care Northwest began offering stem-cell therapy to cancer patients to determine the size of the market here for the treatment, the Spokane oncology practice has decided to offer the procedure on a permanent basis.In the last

Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital, an eight-month-old long-term acute-care hospital, says it has received a Medicare certification that it expects will boost both its patient volumes and its work force substantially.The for-profit hospital,