The staff at Able Claims Service Inc., an independent insurance adjustment company here, has seen its share of minor disasters. On any given day, one of Able Claims Services adjusters might be found climbing onto a roof to assess storm damage, a

The general agency here for life insurance giant Northwestern Mutual Financial Network says it has been posting healthy growthincluding a 41 percent jump in new premiums last yearamid an industry that has been relatively flat for at least a 100

Graham Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has won a nearly $13 million contract to upgrade Spokane International Airports rental-car facilities.Graham has started construction on the project, which is the second phase of a roughly $14 a

Ricks Custom Fencing & Decking Inc., a Hillsboro, Ore.-based company that claims to be one of the Northwests largest retailers of fencing and decking products, plans to develop a store on the West Plains that would be its seventh company most a

In her first address to the Spokane business community recently, Spokane Mayor Mary Verner announced she would be holding a series of three roundtable discussions to talk about topics of keen interest to businesses here.During her State of the

Spokane-based Northwest Farm Credit Services has posted net income of $114.1 million for 2007, up from $109.4 million in 2006. The federally chartered ag-lending cooperative also says that as of Dec. 31, its net loans had climbed to $6.5 billion, a

Jaguar Manufacturing Inc., a contract manufacturer of custom wiring harnesses and cables for electronic devices, has opened a plant in Hayden, Idaho, and has moved its headquarters there from Bend, Ore.In January, the 10-year-old company bought

The principal owner of the two Keller Williams Realty agencies here says he and his partners are merging the two brokerages and consolidating them in a building just north of downtown, with plans to ultimately have more than 300 agents Williams has

Advocates for Washington state employers say theres little hope the Legislature will act this session on proposals to ease the growing cost and complexity of providing employee benefits. Instead, they say, theyll be mostly playing defense as to

Avista Corp., of Spokane, is joining with two other Northwest investor-owned utilities to challenge a federal appellate court finding that the Bonneville Power Administration erred in the method it used to make big payments to the utilities.The