Network Communications Inc. (NCI), of Lawrenceville, Ga., has bought By Design Publishing Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, says By Design President Brandon Lee. Lee and co-founder Steve Swayne will stay on as president and vice president, respectively,

The Coeur dAlene Casino Resort Hotel, near Worley, Idaho, says its now hiring 80 additional employees to keep up with growth, increasing its payroll by $4 million this year. The casino says it now will pay $8.50 an hour for entry-level up a

Spokane Transit Authority plans to develop a $5 million park-and-ride transit hub at the southeast corner of Mission and Greene streets, directly across from the Spokane Community College Campus.The agency intends to lease about eight acres of

FLSmidth RAHCO Inc., the company formed in April when Danish industrial giant FLSmidth & Co. A/S bought the material-handling business and name of longtime Spokane manufacturer RAHCO International Inc., has moved from the former RAHCO complex to a

Spokane International Airport plans to launch next year a $14 million upgrade to the rental-car area located northeast of the main terminal, including construction of a 22,000-square-foot service facility and expansion of the lot where vehicles are

The Institute for Systems Medicine Planning Authority, fresh from persuading the Washington Legislature to approve a long-term multimillion-dollar funding package, hopes to open its planned biomedical research institute in Spokanes University the

If the volume of new export sales that companies here are landing is any indication, Spokanes quietly thriving export trade is making some noise abroad.Companies here say theyre in hot pursuit of new opportunities outside the U.S. and are a

Boise-based discount grocery chain WinCo Foods Inc. has bought 20 acres of land along Nevada Street in North Spokane and says it plans to enter the market here with a roughly 93,000-square-foot store it will build at that site.Last week, WinCo

Mobile banking no longer means just driving up to a window, pneumatic tube machine, or ATM. Mobile communication devicescell phones, personal digital assistants (PDA), and similar deviceshave commandeered the term and some of the functions as a

The name of all 14 branches of F&M Bank here will be changed to Banner Bank within a month, says Lloyd Baker, chief financial officer of Banner Corp., the Walla Walla, Wash.-based bank holding company that acquired F&M in May.Banner Corp., the