A handful of publicly-traded banks serving the Inland Northwest reported mixed results for the third quarter, with most describing a challenging market.A couple of bank holding companies said acquisitions bolstered quarterly earnings, while some

Hart Capital Management Inc., a Spokane-based investment firm, says the stock value of 14 publicly traded Inland Northwest companies as measured in an overall index it prepares rose by nearly 4 percent in the third quarter.The Hart Capital Index

Vandermeer Forest Products Inc., a Lynnwood, Wash.-based wholesale lumber supplier, is preparing to move its Spokane Valley operations onto its own property in the Valley from leased office space and a third-party distribution facility, says Gary a

What started as a simple re-siding job at 510 E. Third has got Jerry Storhaug considering whether he should be doing some historic preservation.As workers tore down the weathered siding on the west side of the building, they discovered a blue, a

The Spokane Regional Transportation Council's long-term transportation plan, called Horizon 2040, is shifting focus from constructing new projects to preservation of existing streets, says SRTC spokeswoman Staci Lehman."It's a different from the

Potential recreational and athletic projects dominate top recommendations of a Riverfront Park master plan committee for uses of nearly 10 acres of city-owned property north of the Spokane River, referred to as the north bank. The 20-member Park

Spokane-based energy management company Ecova Inc. has launched its energy audit and reporting service for building owners in a new location, San Francisco, says company spokeswoman Wendy Carhart. The city of San Francisco has passed specific of

Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC has launched a new testing division named Aion Laboratories, which specializes in diagnostics in the growing field of age-management medicine, says Patty Sipes, PAML senior vice president

Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative, has reported third-quarter earnings of $75.3 million, an increase of 73 percent compared with $43.6 million in the year-earlier quarter.The association the to in

Deaconess Hospital has appointed Maurine Cate as its new CEO. She's expected to start in January.Cate currently is CEO of McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, in Springfield, Ore., where she has served as CEO since 2007. Community Health Systems