Bank, credit union, and investment market executives here are mostly bullish about the coming year, despite potentially growth-dampening effects of anticipated Federal Reserve rate hikes and uncertainties stemming from the recent presidential election. T

Health care industry executives here are gazing into a murky crystal ball as they try to plan and budget for changes in the coming year, amid new major players entering the market and the possibility of the federal Affordable Care Act being abolished or d

Employers added jobs this year faster than some Inland Northwest economists projected, and observers expect further gains in 2017, though possibly at a slower pace. Doug Tweedy, the Spokane-based regional labor economist for the Washington state Employm

Palouse Capital Management Inc., a Spokane-based boutique asset management firm, says its Diversified Income Strategy has earned recognition-for the eighth time-as a top performer in the PSN Top Guns list for the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30.