A women's clothing outlet of Houston-based retailer Francesca's Holdings Corp. has opened in River Park Square as the company's second store in the Spokane area. The downtown store's manager, Toni Burke, says the Francesca's outlet opened there

The city of Liberty Lake has contracted with Ptera Wireless Inc., the Liberty-Lake based provider of wireless broadband internet and phone services, to upgrade its phone and Internet services, says Steve Wilson, vice president of Ptera. The project bega

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, is piloting a mobile interpretation device at its Anaheim, Calif., property to help bridge the communication gap between hotel staff and international travelers. 'They've been using it for a couple of weeks,” say

Magnuson Hotels, a hotel group that offers reservation and property management services and has headquarters in Spokane and London, says the number of hotel clients that operate under one of its three non-franchise brands increased by 25 percent in 2013,

Spokane startup e-business H-Source LLC, which is promoting its website at www.h-source.com as a marketplace for hospitals and medical providers to buy, sell, and trade medicines and equipment, is pursuing funding to help it to expand the website and attr

Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative, has reported net income of $237 million for 2013, an increase of 26 percent compared with income of $187.3 million the previous year. Meanwhile, the cooperative says itï