Spokane Teachers Credit Union, Spokanes biggest credit union, plans in August to open a branch in the skywalk level of the Crescent Court downtown.Teachers is the first credit union to open such a highly visible branch in the downtown core, at

Businesses and homeowners in the city of Spokane and Spokane County will pay mostly lower property-tax levy rates this year, after seeing rates climb last year for the first time in a number of years.Basically, we did a better job of says John

Fifty-pound bags of devils-food cake mix, 35-pound buckets of peanut butter, 100-pound sacks of flaked coconut, and similarly huge quantities of sugars, flours, grains, dried beans, and peas dot A&T Specialty Foods Inc.s store here. Shelves and

The Washington state Department of Transportation is expected to begin design and engineering work this summer and to start construction early next year on a new freeway on-ramp that would carry vehicles headed northbound on Division Street from of

A handful of developers have revived projects in the Latah Creek area in Southwest Spokane, where, they say, lies the largest amount of available, undeveloped residential land within the city of Spokane.Four developers are hoping to bring a of a

Two Providence Services Eastern Washington hospitals here, Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, are getting ready to propose major expansion and remodeling projects on their respective campuses.Sacred Heart, Spokanes largest a

The Spokane Airport Board says it expects to select this month a consultant to update the Spokane International Airport master plan.The current master plan was done in 1993, and needs to be updated to reflect projects that have been completed at

Room-tax revenues in the city of Spokane and Spokane County grew 11 percent and 16 percent, respectively, during the first quarter, providing an indicator of growth in hotel business here, says Mina Gokee, director of sales at the Spokane Area and

Idaho Trust Co., a Coeur dAlene-based investment-management company, has formed a nationally-chartered bank, called Wealthbank N.A., so that it can offer its estate-planning and trust services across the country, says company President Thomas new

AT&T Media Services, the advertising sales and production arm of AT&T Cable Services, plans to move its offices to downtown Spokane from the cable companys main facility here at 1717 E. Buckeye in East Spokane.The media-services unit, which 18