Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a business connections breakfast on Friday, Aug. 16, at 6:30 a.m., at Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center, 1100 N. Sullivan. The program will be Marijuana: Budding or Bad

The Spokane Public Facilities District announced this morning that its board of directors will consider at its Aug. 13 meeting approving an agreement for development of a nationally branded, high-rise convention hotel near the Spokane Convention in

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, announced this afternoon that Jon E. Eliassen will step down as company president and CEO on Aug. 12, and James P. Evans, a director with the company's board, will serve as interim president and CEO.Eliassen will

Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, reported today a second-quarter net loss of $25 million, or 8 cents a diluted share, compared with net income of $2.4 million, or 1 cent a share, in the year-earlier period. The loss includes $20.3 million in to

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