Longtime Spokane banking executive Duane Brandenburg is spearheading efforts to form a new bank here, tentatively called RiverBank.Brandenburg says he and others who have joined him in the venture hope to file the necessary documents with the &

The housing boom in Post Falls is showing no signs of slowing.Two major housing projectswith a total of a whopping 2,700 planned unitsare under way, and a third about 900-unit project is slated to go before the Planning Commission next with

Though big wind-energy projects have yet to be proposed in Spokane County, a flurry of such development activity elsewhere in the Inland Northwest is bringing revenue here, and more projects are being eyed.Spokane-based Taylor Engineering Inc.

Regence Blue Shield of Idaho has launched a new service that will give its members online access to information about their claims.Separately, the Lewiston, Idaho-based health insurer, which has almost 10,600 members in Kootenai County, has up

Last Feb. 27, Jack Kestell was spending a casual Sunday afternoon shopping at an Ace Hardware store in his T-shirt and jeans when he got the frantic call from his wife, Denise: A fire had started in the basement of the familys South Hill home. at

Pay-for-performance programs used by health-insurance companies to reward physicians for adhering to practice guidelines and meeting quality-improvement standards are gaining popularity nationwide. Already, theyre being implemented by the major a

The past year or two has been a break-out time for a small Spokane Valley high-tech company that cut its teeth in the shareware software world but now is building a reputation for itself by doing custom programming for clients around the in founder

Wemco Inc., of Airway Heights, is expanding its use of computer technology to remotely diagnose problems with and service electronic components in the heavy equipment it sells across the western U.S. Wemco makes equipment for industrial, and of

Omega Pacific Inc., the Airway Heights-based maker of climbing, rescue, and safety equipment, has resumed its efforts to reach the summit, one year after a court ruling left it dangling without a work force. Through what was previously called I

Certain sectors of Kootenai Countys economy are racking up particularly strong job growth as the county continues to enjoy good times.Employment in education and health services jumped 8.1 percent in June over the year-earlier month for a of