Washington Trust Bank has posted $9.1 million in net income for 2010, up substantially from the $3 million profit it reported the previous year, but still well short of the gains it experienced in 2007 and 2008. Peter Stanton, the bank's and the

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, plans to start construction in March on a $35 million, 227,000-square-foot apartment and retail complex in the city of DuPont, Wash., about 17 miles southwest of Tacoma.The project, named The Trax at DuPont,

The Spokane Regional Transportation Council plans to begin searching for an executive director soon, and it's unclear whether SRTC's longtime leader Glenn Miles will remain with the organization beyond April.Gary Schimmels, chairman of SRTC's of

Researchers at the Center for Professional Excellence at York College of Pennsylvania continue to find that students aren't making the grade as professionals in the workplace, says an annual nationwide survey on the state of professionalism among a

While most professors follow a standard path from graduate school to post-doctorate to tenure-track position, a few begin their research careers in private enterprise and move to academia. Little support exists for those considering such a and a