Colfax-based Bank of Whitman, which has three branches in the Spokane area, has reported to regulators a net loss of $7 million for 2009, down sharply from net income of $5.8 million in 2008. The bank's loans fell, but its deposits grew Tribbett, 2

Westside MotorSports, a big West Plains motorcycle dealership, says it has added the upscale, German-built BMW line of motorcycles to the three other brands it carries.Scott Schmidtman, one of the dealership's owners, says it secured the line at

Denver-based CH2M Hill Inc. has won a $367,500 contract from the Spokane Transit Authority to conduct a study of alternative ways to provide public transit in downtown Spokane. The study is being conducted as a collaboration between the STA and

Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, has reported 2009 net income of $106.1 million, down from $124.4 million in 2008.The federally-chartered ag-lending cooperative set aside $79.4 million in 2009 for potential credit losses, up from in a

Spokane Teachers Credit Union posted a 13 percent increase in net income for 2009, despite having a $4.3 million investment loss and a $1.5 million charge to help replenish a national credit union deposit insurance fund.The Spokane-based credit

The Washington state Depart-ment of Transportation says it hopes to seek bids around the fourth week of March for a $35 million North Spokane Corridor project, expectedto get under way this spring.The work is to involve constructing the lanes of