Itron Inc. announced this morning first-quarter net income of $2.6 million, or 6 cents a share, down sharply from $25.4 million, or 63 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.The Liberty Lake-based maker of automated meter-reading technology in

A company formed by an affiliate of Spokane-based Goodale & Barbieri Co. and Salt Lake City-based Woodbury Strategic Partners has bought for $11.6 million the Kalispell Center Mall and Red Lion Hotel, in Kalispell, Mont., from Spokane-based Red of

April 23 / Employment here risesAbout 207,800 people held nonagricultural wage and salary jobs in the Spokane area in March, up by 3,200 from the March 2012 level, but down by 1,100 from February this year, preliminary state figures said. from /

Meetings & EventsGonzaga University will hold its 23rd Economics Symposium on Tuesday, April 30, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Gonzaga's McCarthey Athletic Center, 502 E. Boone. David Wessel, economics editor for The Wall Street Journal, will a

Tracy Jewelers plans ownership transitionMaureen Tracy, owner of Spokane Valley-based Tracy Jewelers says employee Glen Brown will take over daily operations of the business on May 1 and will train with Tracy for four years, after which she to a

The next time you go into your neighborhood store, you may notice something new. More than 100 small businesses in Spokane have hung posters in their storefronts to highlight the need for immigration reform that includes a road map to am one of it

Spokane County estimates it has spent around $1 million to date creating a new customer service center on the first floor of the courthouse at 1116 W. Broadway, and it anticipates it will spend another $1 million completing the process.Ron for a

Snap Fitness, the Minneapolis-based franchisor of 24-hour express fitness centers, says it plans to flex more muscle in the Inland Northwest over the next few years.Eight Snap Fitness outlets operate in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, and the in

Mattress Firm Inc., a Houston-based mattress dealer, has opened three stores here within the last month, says Daniel Sanburg, its Spokane-based market manager.The retailer's expansion into Spokane is its first foray into Washington, Sanburg of

Two Spokane contractors are apparent low bidders on separate multimillion-dollar projects at Spokane International Airport that will be awarded this summer if they receive Federal Aviation Administration funding, says airport spokesman Todd the two