Beginning farmers in Skagit County are said to be getting a much-needed boost from a new program that has Washington State University Extension partnering with nonprofit Slow Money NW, Viva Farms, North Coast Credit Union, and food-minded investors

Consumer delinquencies fell during the first quarter in 10 of 11 categories tracked by the American Bankers Association, which last month released results from the quarterly 2012 Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin.The composite ratio, which in

"We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are."-The TalmudWhen you say a colleague "can't see the forest for the trees," you're saying that he's so detailed oriented, present minded, and narrow in his perspective that he can't see a

Bellevue, Wash.-based Axia Financial LLC, which does business as Axia Home Loans and operates a small office in Liberty Lake, says it has opened a Spokane Valley office recently and is looking to open additional branches in the Inland Valley office

Columbia Bank plans to expand its wealth management office in downtown Spokane. The bank announced last month it has hired Randy Casto as senior vice president and Spokane private banking team leader. It plans on hiring up to four more people to

Spokane-based Sterling Bank says it plans to open new branches in Pullman and Portland, Ore., and to consolidate a branch with other services in Bellevue, Wash.The bank will open its Pullman branch in early 2013, says Marty Dickinson, Sterling's