AmericanWest Bancorp., the Spokane-based parent of AmericanWest Bank, reported a sizable third-quarter loss, but said improved liquidity, lower net charge-offs, and its smallest loan loss provision in two years demonstrate its continuing progress a

Former employee starts own business doing excavation Larry Miller says he has started his own company, Larry Miller Excavating, which so far has done mostly residential sewer hookups, thanks to help from Worksource and Community of

If the movement toward hybrid gas-electric and all-electric cars becomes truly mainstream, as appears to be on the verge of happening within a few years, it will be due partly to the proselytizing fervor of people like Roger Imes, who along with &

The Ann Arbor, Mich-based owner of the Waldenbooks chain says its store at Spokane Valley Mall is among 200 it plans to close in January.The owner, Borders Group Inc., says that nationally about 1,500 positions—mostly part-time—will be

Rita Santillanes, co-owner of four hotels, including two in the Spokane area, has been named to a new term on the Spokane Public Facilities District board.Santillanes represents the Spokane Hotel-Motel Association on the five-member board. She

Pioneer Human Services, a Seattle-based nonprofit that operates five housing facilities in Spokane, is seeking the sale of state revenue bonds to refinance a building it owns, at 224 S. Howard downtown, that provides low-income housing for disabled

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported a third-quarter net loss of $804,000, or 34 cents a share, compared with net income of $203,000, or 9 cents a share, in the year-earlier results show L.

Spokane restaurateur Dennis Kelly, who owns four Zip's Drive-In restaurants here, says he has bought a fifth, in Spokane Valley. Separately, the longtime owners of the Zip's in Cheney say they and some partners have reopened a Zip's outlet in that