Stay Alfred, the nationwide urban vacation rental company based here, has opened a new 49-unit vacation rental property in New Orleans. The company, which focuses on urban vacation and corporate rentals in the downtown areas of cities, currently has a t

Merchant e-Solutions Inc. plans to move its Spokane Valley operations center to a larger, more open office space this summer. Nearing the end of its lease at 920 N. Argonne Road, the Atlanta-based electronic payment acceptance and management company, pl

Less than a year after loaning money to a struggling Canadian mining company, Coeur d'Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. says it will make a $12 million takeover bid for that company, Dolly Varden Silver Corp. The purchase would be for all outstanding shares

Spokane Valley-based Sterling International Inc. has debuted its latest product, a clip-on mosquito repellent. Called the GoClip, the device is designed to fend off insects while attached to a shirt collar, waistband, shorts pocket, hat, or lanyard. S

Spokane developer Ron Wells says he has fresh financing and strong local and state support to convert the shuttered Ridpath Hotel into a downtown housing complex, but he's bracing for another two-year delay in getting the project started. 'We have a

The U.S. Air Force said Fairchild Air Force Base is one of five finalists to receive the next round of KC-46A Pegasus air refueling tankers. Other bases on the short list are Dover Air Force Base, in Delaware; Grand Forks Air Force Base, in North Dakot

Spokane-based Brain Freeze Ice Cream, the retail affiliate of Brain Freeze Creamery LLC, has leased 1,000 square feet of space formerly occupied by a Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream shop, at 1228 S. Grand Blvd., in the Grand Place retail center, for a second Bra

Bank On Spokane, a four-year-old initiative that seeks to help low- to moderate-income households establish banking accounts, says it's launching a new marketing campaign in an effort to reach more people. Marcia Dorwin, credit analyst at Inland North

With life expectancy increasing and traditional defined-benefit pension plans disappearing, many Americans are fearful of outliving their savings and running out of money in retirement. How do you know how much money you'll need? Retirement planning is