Seattle-based Inspirus Credit Union has stepped up its efforts to add new members in the Spokane area as part of an ongoing effort to reach out beyond its traditionally teacher-based membership, located mostly on the West Side.

Numerica Credit Union has been growing not only in terms of membership and assets, but also through branch renovations and additions.

Portland-based Umpqua Holding Corp., the parent company of Umpqua Bank, has based an executive team in Spokane to integrate the best of the cultures of Umpqua Bank and the venerable Spokane-based Sterling Bank, which Umpqua acquired last year.

Several local architectural and engineering firms here say voter approval of bonds and levies earlier this year have helped spur added work for them in the form of school projects.

Coeur d'Alene architecture and design concern Eric Hedlund Design LLC, which does business as EH Design, has seen rapid growth in the last few years, after having come into its own in the wake of the Great Recession, says Eric Hedlund, the company's p

The Inland Northwest Blood Center is appealing to the community for blood and blood platelet donations before the holiday season arrives.