Washington Trust Bank plans to begin building a 3,300-square-foot branch at Wandermere Mall this spring. The Spokane-based bank has owned a construction pad in the southwest portion of the malls parking lot, at Hastings Road and U.S. 395, and

Aries Northwest LLC, a Spokane company owned by Scott and Carolyn Schmidtman and a family trust, has bought the assets of the big Westside MotorSports dealership on the West Plains for an undisclosed sum.Scott Schmidtman, an attorney, former it

DataPro Solutions Inc., of Spokane Valley, says it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire the sales and technical-support assets of Spokane-based WindStar Group Inc., a computer systems vendor and consultant, and plans to formalize that

Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty, of Coeur dAlene, plans to open an office in Post Falls this summer that will focus on that fast-growing community, as well as do business across the state line in Liberty Lake and Spokane Valley. About &

Two affiliated Spokane hotel companies have sought protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.One of those companies, JG-DR LLC, owns and operates a 70-room Comfort Inn & Suites at 2730 N. Madson, at the Liberty Lake

Avista Advantage, the Avista Corp. subsidiary that manages utility bills for businesses with multiple sites, slashed its losses by 60 percent last year and now expects it might break even by the middle of this year.The operation, which has its

While most businesspeople strive to be mindful of the future, Dennis Wright wants just the opposite. You even could say the Spokane entrepreneur was born quite a few years too late.Wright owns Audio Adventure, a year-old Spokane company that in

Two researchers at Washington State University have developed a compound that they believe could help patients who suffer from early-stage Alzheimers disease and other forms of dementia.Jay Wright, a psychologist, and Joe Harding, a with the

Avista Corp. could face a $60 million tab to modify its Cabinet Gorge dam on Idahos Clark Fork River to protect fish there.The money would be spent over a long periodthrough 2020and part of the work ultimately might prove to be says Bob a

Spokane-based Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. is planning a multimillion-dollar remodeling push that will involve updating all eight of its stores here during the next four years.Rosauers President and CEO Jeffry Philipps says the sweeping is part a