The McKinstry Innovation Center recently landed four new tenants at the clean-technology incubator at 850 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., says McKinstry Co., the landlord at the center.A startup called H-Source has leased 200 square feet of space in to

Class-action lawsuits in Washington and Oregon against Spokane-based Sterling Financial Corp. were dropped voluntarily Oct. 16, the company says.Separately, Sterling plans to acquire a minority-owned bank in Southern California.The lawsuits a

Associated Painters Inc., the Spokane-based commercial- and military-aircraft painting company, has signed a land-lease agreement with Spokane International Airport and plans to build a second hangar near the airport for expanded production by next

Avista Corp., of Spokane, says it has reached a settlement with other parties on the utility's electric and natural gas rate increase requests for Washington customers filed April 2.If the settlement is approved by the state Utilities and Avista a

Potlatch Corp., of Spokane, reported third-quarter net income of $18.6 million, or 46 cents a diluted share, down from $25.6 million, or 63 cents a share, in the 2011 third quarter.While Potlatch's results were down compared with the year-earlier