Ten Spokane credit unions have formed an alliance to create a network of automated teller machines (ATMs) in the Spokane area to provide improved service to their members.Meanwhile, three of those credit unions also plan to open a joint branch a

SeaMed Corp., a large Redmond, Wash.-based company that designs and manufactures medical devices for a number of major medical companies, is eyeing the Spokane area as a place for possible future expansion, says Ed Rampy, the companys chief very

Columbia Lighting Inc., the Spokane-based maker of fluorescent lighting fixtures, plans to add about 70 people to its work force here within the next month so it can manufacture an additional product line.The new full-time workers will bring in

A trio of developers from the Tacoma, Wash., area plans to develop a multimillion-dollar business park on part of the still-vacant property on the West Plains where Spokane-based Inland Power & Light Co. sought unsuccessfully for years to develop a

Spokanes Alloy Trailers Inc., which says its one of the two largest remaining full-line manufacturers of over-the-road truck trailers in the Western U.S., is trying to steer back into profitability after trimming its financial load.Weighted

Willi Aigner, a Portland, Ore., man who owns an indoor soccer facility there, plans to open a similar facility in the Spokane Valley by fall, says Brian Dreves, who will manage the soccer center here.The facility, which will be called the Soccer

Dealers Auto Auction of Spokane, a 6-year-old vehicle wholesaler, has been in its new, enlarged auction facility on the West Plains for only about two yearsand its already expanding.Its adding three sales lanes to the facilitys auction a

The Washington state Department of Health has denied a joint certificate of need application by Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital for a 25-bed transitional-care unit at Holy Family.In transitional care, a short-term, is for to

Greg Green, a Spokane telecommunications entrepreneur and former Nextlink Communications Inc. executive, has bought the Levy Block Building at 118 N. Stevens downtown through his company, Gregory Inc., and plans to renovate the structure for use as

A group of 10 investors from Spokane and Seattle has bought the Layrite Products Co. property on Trent Avenue and plans to resume production at the defunct Spokane companys idle block plant, says Chris McDevitt, one of the investors.The group