Bracing themselves for at least several more months of economic misery, some community banks across the Puget Sound region are taking the unprecedented step of suspending their quarterly shareholder dividends or slashing them to several cents on to

Century 21 Beutler & Associates, a prominent Coeur d'Alene-based real estate company, has moved its Post Falls agents and office employees to vacant space on its Coeur d'Alene campus.The move, which involved about 30 people, is expected to in of

working on a $500,000 remodeling and expansion of the Twin Lakes Village Golf Club clubhouse and also has landed a $250,000 contract for a remodel of a former jail in Rathdrum.The Twin Lakes project entails expanding the golf course's clubhouse

Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, has landed a $1.7 million contract to refurbish four residence halls on the Washington State University campus in Pullman.The project will spruce up all of the dorm rooms in the 13-story, 73,300-square-foot a

Mor Furniture for Less Inc., of San Diego, Calif., has bought for $1.8 million the building in which it's been located for years on north Division Street and plans later to open a related store there called Mor Kids & Teens for Less.Company Rick

Spokane County United Way plans to move in March from its current location in the YMCA of the Inland Northwest's facility in Riverfront Park.The nonprofit will occupy about 7,000 square feet of leased space in a building owned by Associated at

Inland Northwest Health Services, the Spokane-based nonprofit owned jointly by Spokane's two main hospital systems, is seeking more than $10 million from the Legislature to fund several health-care initiatives. Separately, INHS is joining with in a

Nine Mile Falls real estate broker and investor Michael Baumgarden and his wife, Teresa, have filed a personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, though Michael Baumgarden says he plans to continue to operate his which in