The mailbox full of holiday bills that many people received in January probably was a lure for some identity thieves, but there are many other lures. People can cut their risk of being victims of such thieves year-round by taking some basic steps a

Sirti's nonprofit fundraising affiliate is seeking federal funding to create a loan fund here to assist emerging businesses in the clean technology sector. The affiliate, the Sirti Foundation, hopes to secure $2.5 million in federal grant and to

Avista Corp. has signaled that it intends to issue up to $45 million worth of its common stock this year, but declines to say anything more about the stock issue.The Spokane utility company disclosed in a recent public filing that it plans to to

Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported a first-quarter aggregate profit of $18 billion, a $12.5 billion improvement from the $5.6 billion the industry earned in the first quarter of 2009, a

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is at it again. Last week, he launched a Web site to lure businesses from states that he says have raised their taxes. Earlier, he had sent out personal letters to business owners conveying the same message.Otter, who made

Lalo's Pizza moves from South Perry to South Grand Brett and Teresa Wyatt have opened a Lalo's Pizza & Calzone outlet, at 909 S. Grand, on Spokane's South Hill, and have phased out their eatery of the same name inside the Hico Market,

The Salvation Army Coeur d'Alene Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center opened barely a year ago, but its director already is proposing a parking expansion to handle membership growth that has exceeded expectations by a huge margin.The director, Maj.