Michael Miner and Kathryn Hapke-Miner are changing the idea of re-gifting from a social taboo to an environmentally friendly cause. To this Spokane couple, however, re-gifting is all about the wrapping, not whats inside the their company, the

ARC Manufacturing, a growing company here that manufactures welding units for the automotive collision-repair industry, has expanded into larger quarters and plans to hire more employees in the coming year. The company has moved most of its to

Wheatland Bank, of Spokane, has taken initial steps to enter the Yakima, Wash., market as part of its expansion in Central Washington, where it already has branches in Quincy, Moses Lake, and, as of Dec. 10, Wenatchee.The bank has hired a team

Washington Trust Bank expects to open three branch offices within the next year in Coeur dAlene and Boise, and the Spokane-based institution is continuing to look aggressively for other new branch locations in its system, President and Chief Jack

Spokane Teachers Credit Union says that Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has begun work on a new branch for it in Liberty Lake that the credit union plans to open in a few months.The branch, which is to be located at the northwest of

Spokane International Airport says its seeking construction bids for the $12 million second phase of a roughly $14 million upgrade to its rental-car facilities, and expects to select a contractor for the project and start construction in early is

Northwest Boat Center, a Portland-based pleasure-boat dealer, has opened a high-end boat dealership along U.S. 95 in Hayden, Idaho.The new dealership is located on a 1.5-acre lot at the southeast corner of Hayden Avenue and U.S. 95, in the of a

The city of Spokane has shelved plans to enlarge greatly a broadband wireless-communication network that covers a roughly 100-block area of downtown.Right now I dont see that growing a lot, says Garv Brakel, the citys director of It a

For Northwest Farm Credit Services, these are the best of times.The federally chartered ag-lending cooperative has been growing at 12 percent to 13 percent a year for the last four or five years, and the outlook for the farmers it serves likely

Developers here say theyre heading out west in search of new growth opportunities, but theyre not venturing far. In fact, theyve stopped right outside Spokanes doorstep, in the bustling West Plains city of Airway Heights.Projects that a