Feb. 24 / Employment drops here Nonagricultural wage and salary employment in the Spokane area dropped to 212,000 in January, a decrease of 3,400 jobs from the January 2008 level, according to preliminary state figures. Preliminary put

Spokane Valley-based Inland Commercial Casework Inc. has been tapped to produce and install built-in fixtures, such as window sills and countertops, for two of five buildings being constructed at Fairchild Air Force Base, as well as for a building

Numerica Credit Union, of Spokane, says its net income fell by 3 percent in 2008, but its loans as of year-end were up 14.2 percent from a year earlier.Numerica's net income fell to $5.5 million in 2008, from $5.7 million in 2007. As of Dec.

The developers of Northtown Square say a national barber shop franchise and a local tuxedo rental chain both have agreed to lease space in the 71,000-square-foot retail center that's under construction at the former site of a Wendle Ford A of to

Blockbuster Inc., the Dallas-based video-rental chain, says it plans to close a store on Spokane's North Side after failing to reach an agreement on a new lease with its landlord there.Randy Hargrove, the company's Dallas-based spokesman, says a

The city of Spokane has included money for a newly created annexation coordinator position in each of its past two annual budgets, but has yet to fill the job, and, given the weak economy, doesn't know when it will, its spokeswoman says."We have

A Floor Coverings International franchise outlet that sells flooring supplies to residential and commercial customers will open a showroom and storefront March 14 in an about 2,700-square-foot space at 904 E. Wellesley, says Christi Swearingen, who

Angela Quinn, of Post Falls, plans to open her second furniture store in early March in Coeur d'Alene.The store, Essential Home Furnishings LLC, will occupy 5,400 square feet of floor space at 2480 Old Mill Loop in the Village at Riverstone and

A Spokane-area orthodontist has bought nearly an acre of land at the southeast corner of Broadway Avenue and Evergreen Road in Spokane Valley and plans to begin developing an office building there that will house one of his offices, says a real in

Spokane Teachers Credit Union has purchased a vacant lot in south Spokane Valley, at 13211 E. 32nd, but says it has no plans to add a branch at the location anytime soon.The Spokane-based credit union bought the property in December for about of