Demand for temporary workers is surging, especially in manufacturing, providing a sign that the Inland Northwests economy is improving, temporary-help agencies here say.Demand for employees has grown strongly in several sectors since the of a

URM Stores Inc. and Inland Meats Inc., both of Spokane, have bought through separate transactions the assets of Food Service Distributors Inc., a Spokane food distributor and meat processor. URM acquired Food Service Distributors customer 400

The North Side lodge of what once was the largest Fraternal Order of Eagles chapter in the country has been sold, a consequence of declining membership nationally in such organizations.Spokane real estate investor Terry Tombari says he and his

Rahco International Inc., the longtime Spokane industrial manufacturer, has landed a $10 million (U.S.) contract with a Canadian company involved in oil-sands extraction in Alberta. Darrell White, Rahcos vice president of business says the on

About four months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, C.J. Hays bought a large inventory of lapel pins from a friend who had given up on selling them.Hays believed he could do better than his friend by using the Internet to reach thousands of the

The owners of the former Great Western Bank Building, which is across Spokane Falls Boulevard from Riverfront Park between Wall and Howard streets downtown, are mulling plans to more than double the height of the structure, now called River Park of

What a difference a few years can make.Phillips S. Baker Jr. says he had some hesitation before becoming chief financial officer for then-struggling Hecla Mining Co. in the spring of 2001 because, There were certain questions in my mind as to

A young Spokane business, Signature Genomic Laboratories LLC, has positioned itself on the leading edge of commercial genetic technology by employing a relatively new molecular technique to diagnose chromosome abnormalities in human patients.In

Bank of Fairfield, which is based 30 miles south of Spokane, plans to open a lending office on the edge of downtown Spokane.The office will be located in about 2,700 square feet of office space on the third floor of the WCH Building, at 201 W.

A 6-year-old Millwood business called Commercial Lending Northwest Inc., which is owned and staffed by just one person, books an average of $30 million a year in loans. The company, which often serves businesses that are struggling to repay has