Alliant Insurance Services, the Newport Beach, Calif.-based insurance broker, announced this morning that it has acquired Kassa Insurance Services Inc., a Spokane-based insurance agency that provides personal lines and commercial insurance products. Al

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, reported today a fourth-quarter net loss of $4.4 million, or 22 cents a share, compared with a loss of $13.8 million, or 66 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. For all of 2014, however, the company posted net

The Spokane Park Board voted recently to use a general contractor/construction manager approach for the $64.3 million Riverfront Park update project, approved by voters in November, and now the search is on to hire an adviser to help the city select a GC

Beaver Pond Products, a retailer and wholesaler of antlers, furs, and leather, has leased 2,100 square feet of space in a multitenant commercial building at 10733 N. Government Way in Hayden, Idaho. The company has relocated to Hayden from the Redmond ar

I am jealous of Spokane. As a citizen of Tacoma and frequent visitor to Spokane, what I'm most envious of is your convenient, well-run transit system. Five years ago, voters in Pierce County faced a decision: Either raise the sales-tax rate by 0.3 per

Seeing Kim Zentz transition to the often insular world of academia, after so many years immersed in the free-wheeling, private sector-driven pursuit of economic development and technology innovation, can't help but evoke a bittersweet reaction. Zentz,