Sterling Financial Corp., the Spokane-based parent of Sterling Bank, today reported third-quarter net income of $30.6 million, or 49 cents a share, up compared with $11.3 million, or 18 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter.Total loans at on

Angler's auto service opens Valley outletWenatchee-based Angler's Auto Service LLC has expanded by opening a repair shop in Spokane Valley, its second such outlet.Les Billings, manager of the new Spokane Valley shop, says it opened in September

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Incorporated will hold a free Business After Hours at the Trade Show networking event, on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford, in Airway Heights. For information,

Oct. 23 / Avista offers buyouts, seeks rate increaseAvista Corp., of Spokane, told about 900 workers that it will offer buyouts in an effort to reduce its workforce and cut about $14 million from its 2013 budget. The company didn't extend the to

Re/Max Inland Empire, a five-year-old Spokane-area real estate brokerage, has moved near downtown from the North Side, says Jennifer Valerien, the broker and owner at the agency.The brokerage now occupies 2,500 square feet of leased space in a a

The recent announcement by the Department of Labor & Industries that average workers' compensation taxes won't increase in 2013 is good news for businesses in today's tough economy. Unfortunately, that good news is a temporary reprieve—the is

Hanson Industries Inc., of Spokane Valley, has begun construction of a three-bay retail building in the Evergreen Crossing shopping center, just west of the Spokane Valley Mall.Mike Turbak, city of Spokane Valley senior permit specialist, says a

the early 1980s when Michael Nation's parents, Bill and Nancy Nation, bought it from Henry Benjamin, who opened it in 1975. Another son, Steve Nation, also has an ownership interest in the business.The store originally occupied space in a that a

Integrus Architecture PS, of Spokane, has started design work on a new aircraft rescue and firefighting facility that's scheduled to be built next year at Spokane International Airport west of Spokane.Airport spokesman Todd Woodard says the has