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Mountain West Bank parent to merge 11 subsidiaries

Move to single charter said to reduce separate reporting requirements

March 15, 2012

Glacier Bancorp Inc., the Kalispell, Mont.-based holding company with 11 bank subsidiaries, including Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank, says it plans to combine all of its subsidiaries into one bank charter.That means Mountain West Bank

Westside Motorsports updates showroom, adds hot tubs to inventory

Westside MotorSports, located on West Plains, also updates showroom

March 15, 2012

Kim Crompton

Westside MotorSports, a big West Plains motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle dealer, says it has added a line of hot tubs as part of an effort to diversify its product offerings and meet the changing demands of the marketplace.Scott Schmidtman, is

Seasons Cafe lands food-service contract at Meadowwood Technology Campus

Food services to gear up at Meadowwood campus

March 15, 2012

Treva Lind

Liberty Lake-based Seasons Cafe LLC has won a contract to offer food service beginning this month inside the 8,000-square-foot cafeteria and dining center in the large Meadowwood Technology Campus building in Liberty Lake.Seasons Cafe is to open

E.J. Roberts mansion owner remodels Browne's Addition home for bistro

Roberts Mansion owner remodels historic home for restaurant, hits snags

March 15, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane business owner Mary Moltke plans in June to open a new eatery, called E.J.'s Garden Bistro, in a newly remodeled and updated 19-century home in Spokane's historic Browne's Addition.Moltke says she encountered a number of unexpected the a

North Idaho company agrees to put $10 million toward Utah mine

Shoshone Silver/Gold signs a letter of intent, to supply $10 million

March 15, 2012

Treva Lind

Shoshone Silver/Gold Mining Co., a Coeur d'Alene-based concern with mineral projects in several western U.S. states, has signed a letter of intent with a Spokane-based mining company to acquire mineral properties in Utah.Shoshone agreed to $10 a

Avista subsidiary Ecova launches home energy-usage tool

Typically serving corporations, Ecova tests new market

March 15, 2012

Chey Scott

Ecova Inc., the Spokane-based Avista Corp. subsidiary that provides energy-management services to large corporations with multiple sites, has launched a new feature to enable residential utility customers to monitor their energy consumption.The

Evoking inspiration

March 15, 2012

Chey Scott

If you're looking for inspiration, one might say Post Falls couple Shawn and Jannette Bendinelli have got your back covered. With a line of T-shirts, the Bendinellis want to instill in others the importance of following a passion in life, and in

Fessco Fleet & Marine leases old Alloy Trailers site on West Plains

Fessco Fleet & Marine will relocate there from space on East Broadway

March 15, 2012

Kim Crompton

The mostly vacant West Plains complex where Alloy Trailers Inc. and later Reliance Trailer Co. LLC operated for many years is about to see some new life.Marc Fessler, owner of Fessco Fleet & Marine Inc., at 4101 E. Broadway, says he has leased a

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Hoteliers to develop SpringHill Suites in Coeur d'Alene

Clausen family concern starts $15 million project with real estate partner

March 15, 2012

Mike McLean

Spokane Valley hotel development company kVc Development Inc. and Parkwood Business Properties, of Coeur d'Alene, plan to develop jointly a $15 million SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel in northwest Coeur d'Alene.The 118-room, four-story hotel

Former Boeing lean manufacturing expert brings efficiencies to WorkSource Spokane

Former Boeing engineer John Dickson puts stamp on WorkSource Spokane

March 15, 2012

Kim Crompton

Impatient to help match jobless clients with employers, former Boeing Co. engineer John Dickson is applying "lean" process-improvement skills he learned in the private sector to a Washington state employment agency office here that he now is area