Sonderen Packaging, a longtime Spokane paperboard carton maker, has added $3.5 million in equipment here recently, and says its planning a big expansion of its plant here to handle anticipated growth.Mark Sonderen, the companys president, a

Spokane-based Numerica Credit Union plans to complete land purchases in Airway Heights and Hayden, Idaho, within the next month for two more new branch locations and also has just completed a merger with a small credit union in Chelan developments

COEUR dALENEFive years ago last spring, a group of 250 mostly local investors picked a tough time to start up a community bank, says Max Faller, president and CEO of that institution, Coeur dAlenes bankcda.The national economy was in a

Most colleges here are reporting record enrollment this fall, though some have seen a slight dip in the number of incoming freshmen.Eastern Washington University says it topped the 10,000 mark in enrollment for the first time this fall, with up

Less than four years ago, the big push to employ adults with disabilities was to gather them together in facilities previously called sheltered workshops, teach them some marketable skills, then attempt to find employment for them.Thats in at

Washington State University at Spokane says its stepping up efforts to commercialize research being done here by creating a new position to oversee its intellectual property-related activities in the Spokane area.WSU has hired Terri L. a who

On Halloween Day 2001, Spokanes Logan Olson suffered a heart attack, then fell into a three-week-long coma that left her with brain damage and having to relearn the most basic skillsbreathing, swallowing, chewing, holding her head was just 16 a

The city of Spokane says it likely will sell or lease out part of the roughly 63-acre former Playfair Race Course property in East Spokane to provide additional revenue for the city.The city has set aside part of that property to expand its but

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