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

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 &