Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, has posted record earnings for 2005, a year in which its assets nearly crested the $3 billion mark for the first time in its 103-year history. The bank had net income of $38.7 million last year, up 32 percent

In the latest in a series of territorial disputes between the city of Spokane and Spokane County, the city says it plans to challenge a decision the county commissioners made recently regarding land just north of Spokane and on the West Plains that

Spokane-based Global Credit Union says it plans to build two stand-alone branches, one in North Spokane and the other in Coeur dAlene, within the next two years. Global hasnt picked locations for the structures or how big theyll be and be

AutoZone Inc., a Memphis, Tenn.-based retailer of auto and truck parts that recently opened a store in North Spokane and has another store in Coeur dAlene, now says it plans to open new stores in Post Falls and Deer Park in the next few Post is &

growing Spokane company owned and operated by a Nez Perce Indian woman is an active intermediary between the 560 Indian tribes in the U.S. and the federal government. The woman, Jo Ann Kauffman, says she became frustrated in college with the of

With as much as $127.2 million in road work planned in the greater Spokane area this year, the contractors here that do such work are grinning from ear to ear as the construction season nears. As an added bonus, contractors say, government are

Talk of traffic-impact fees is circulating again.The Spokane Regional Transportation Council is studying ways to identify and pay for street improvements needed to handle increased traffic generated by new developments. What likely will come of

Already cramped in its current quarters and continuing to grow rapidly, Inland Northwest Health Services is looking to move into a larger space, ideally by the end of this year, says Tom Fritz, the Spokane organizations CEO.INHS has a for to

Physicians here say the practices of pulmonary and critical care medicine are having trouble catching their breath, amid rising demands from an aging population for care and a national shortage of specialists in those areas.The number of who in

A small group of medical professionals here is planning to survey health-care providers to ask for examples of unnecessary tests and procedures, then urge the community to avoid them to improve the Spokane areas health-care system.The group,