Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, says it had second-quarter net income of $56.1 million, up sharply from $29.4 million in the 2011 second quarter.For the first six months of 2012, the federally chartered ag lender reports earnings of

Salt Lake City-based Stellar Senior Living LLC, a retirement-center owner-operator formed earlier this year, has acquired the former Fairwinds Coeur d'Alene retirement center and has renamed it North Star Retirement Community.The Coeur d'Alene a

Horizon Air, a Seattle-based subsidiary of Alaska Air Group Inc., says it plans to reopen a pilot-and-flight attendant base in Spokane later this month.Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Marianne Lindsey says Spokane is one of three Northwest cities in

Aug. 10 / INB reports increase in earningsNorthwest Bancorp., the Spokane-based parent company of Inland Northwest Bank, posted second-quarter net income available to common shareholders of $120,000, or 4 cents a diluted share, up from a net of

Meetings & EventsThird Tuesday Spokane, organized by ActionCOACH Spokane, Washington Trust Bank, and No-Li Brewhouse, will hold a free networking event on Tuesday, Aug. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m., at No-Li Brewhouse, 1003 E. Trent. For information, or

Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese opens in Cd'ANorth Idaho restaurateurs Matt Yetter and Joe McCarthy have opened Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese in the Coeur d'Alene location where Lil' Polpetta, an Italian sub shop, had operated for about three at W.