Inland Northwest Bank said this afternoon it has hired Russell A. Lee as its new president and CEO. Lee, who previously had been president and chief operating officer at Burlington, Wash.-based Skagit Bank, will start with INB on June 29. Lee will repl

I recently took the opportunity to visit and spend time in and around Williston, N.D., to see the future being made. While my original intent was simply to visit, what I saw going on there and the impressions it made upon me have led me to write this piec

Spokane Valley-based Yoke's Foods Inc. has started work on a $2.5 million renovation project at its Yoke's Fresh Market grocery store in the North Foothills neighborhood, on Spokane's North Side. The project will include remodeling the interior of

Pacific Cataract & Laser Institute Inc., a Chehalis, Wash.-based eye care center, has bought 2 acres of land at 16818 E. Desmet Court, where it plans to construct a medical office building for its Spokane-area operations, according to preliminary planning

Don't listen to the cynical naysayers who pooh-pooh plans for yet another call center here. Comcast Corp.'s recently announced intention to open a customer-support facility that will bring 675 jobs to the Spokane area is major, uplifting news for an