Avista Corp., of Spokane, reported this morning second-quarter net income of $25.7 million, or 43 cents a diluted share, up from earnings of $18.1 million, or 31 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.Scott Morris, Avista's chairman, president,

July 24 / Clearwater Paper's earnings fallClearwater Paper Corp., of Spokane, reported second-quarter net income of $11.7 million, or 52 cents a common share, compared with earnings of $21.5 million, or 91 cents a share, in the year-earlier Net

Meetings & EventsMarketing Associates of Spokane will hold its August meeting on Thursday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. Mark Richard, president of the Downtown Spokane Partnership and Business will a

Bomb squad vet plans brewery in HaydenRetired U.S. Army bomb squad veteran Tom Applegate plans to open a microbrewery in Hayden this fall.Applegate, who has registered the business with the state of Idaho under the name Mad Bomber Brewing Co.,

The Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane, a faith-based nonprofit that provides services to the poor and homeless, has bought the former First Choice Auto used-car dealership property at 7103 E. Sprague and plans to expand its UGM Motors and

Spokane-based United Health Services Credit Union plans to construct a new branch office in Spokane Valley.Chuck Zeller, the credit union's CEO, says in a press release that the branch will be located at 16402 E. Sprague. The branch office will

Think the humanities are irrelevant or dead? The Chinese and Russians don't.At a time when support for the humanities is in decline in the United States, countries with a reputation for crushing free speech are introducing Western-style, to for

The Spokane Airport Board awarded three projects totaling more than $570,000 last month to three Eastern Washington contractors, says airport spokesman Todd Woodard.In the largest of the three projects, the board awarded a second-phase Airport &

The city of Spokane plans to construct a $14 million central facility for its fleet services division that would include compressed natural gas dispensing equipment, says Rick Romero, the city's utilities director.The facility, tentatively named

A longtime Spokane business, South Regal Lumber Yard Inc., plans to close by early next year and consolidate with an affiliated business, West Plains Building Supply, says a co-owner of the two operations.John Case, the co-owner and president of