Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire Vancouver, British Columbia-based Aurizon Mines Ltd. in a transaction valued at $796 million.Aurizon operates the Casa Berardi gold mine in Quebec and expects

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, reported this morning fourth-quarter 2012 net income of $182,000, or 6 cents a diluted share, compared with a net loss of $777,000, or 25 cents a share, in the all of

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, reported this afternoon a fourth-quarter 2012 net loss of $3.6 million, or 19 cents a diluted share, compared with a loss of $20.9 million, or $1.09 a share, in the year-earlier period.For all of 2012, the posted

Meetings & EventsThe American Society for Training and Development's Inland Northwest chapter will hold a Leadership Roundtable and Board Presentations meeting on Friday, March 1, from 11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Luigi's Italian Restaurant, 245 W. 7

Gonzaga University is looking to add a $6 million golf and tennis center to its ongoing development plans, documents on file with the city of Spokane show.The university has submitted preliminary plans showing it proposes to construct a indoor a

Feb. 25 / Ambassadors executives step downAmbassadors Group Inc., the Spokane-based educational travel-program provider, said top company executives Jeffrey and Margaret Thomas have resigned. Jeffrey Thomas had been the company's president and a

Fifth Jacob's serves java on South HillJacob's Java LLC has opened its fifth drive-through coffee outlet in a newly constructed structure at the northeast corner of 17th Avenue and Ray Street, on Spokane's South Hill, says Scott Jacob, who owns

Davenport-based contractor Halme Construction Inc. is the apparent low bidder on a street-improvement project along Francis Avenue between Crestline and Haven streets, says city of Spokane spokeswoman Marlene Feist.Halme submitted a $1.1 million

Rosa's Pizza has leased 1,300 square feet of floor space at 3422 N. Division, where it plans to open its third pizza restaurant in March, says owner Brad Barsness, who opened the flagship Rosa's Pizza restaurant in Cheney in 1990.The restaurant

It's easy enough to come down hard on Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan for putting his name to a fundraising letter that called Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee a "lying whore." Everybody from his fellow city council members to Spokesman-Review a