Spokane Federal Credit Union began in 1956 with just a few hundred dollars and only seven employees who also served as its first members. Today, it has approximately 11,500 members, and about $137 million in assets.

Airway Heights is the center attraction for commercial growth on the West Plains, some developers, contractors, and city employees say. Projects valued at more than $90 million are planned or under way on the West Plains, many of them within the city of

Providence Health & Services, the five-state health system that includes Spokane-based Providence Health Care, is in talks with another Catholic health system, St. Joseph Health, to combine into a single network that would reach from Anchorage, Alaska, to

A U.S. Small Business Administration financing program is helping businesses expand and better position themselves for the economic turnaround, and Ted Schinzel, the SBA's Spokane branch administrator, says more businesses here could benefit from SBA 50

New Inland Northwest Bank president and CEO, Russell Lee, is excited by what he sees for the bank's future.

Minds-i Inc., a five-year-old Liberty Lake company that started out researching and developing static, motorized, robotic, and remote-control toys, has ridden the recent wave of interest in robots and aerial drones to shift heavily into education.

The demand for machinists in the Spokane area remains high, with a number of companies here advertising openings online.