Right now may be the best opportunity to sell bonds or bond funds.Look at the flows of invested dollars into mutual funds during the past few years as described by the Investment Company Institute. Investors allocated more than $360 billion to I

April 24 / Employment here risesAbout 204,200 people held nonagricultural wage and salary jobs in the Spokane area in March, up by 900 from the prior month and by 1,200 from the March 2011 level, preliminary state figures showed. Preliminary put

Meetings & EventsThe West Plains Chamber of Commerce will hold its May breakfast on Thursday, May 3, from 7 to 8:30 a.m., at Eastern Washington University's Pence Union Building, at 1136 Elm, Cheney. The cost is $15 for members and $25 for For a

Four Spokane-area establishments—Masselow's, Churchill's Steakhouse, Spencer's Steaks & Chops, and The Lincoln Center—have received 2012 Washington Wine Restaurant Awards, sponsored by Seattle magazine.The awards were announced late by

Bolstered by positive same-store sales, traffic results, and an optimistic outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association's restaurant performance index remained above 100 for the fourth consecutive month in February. RPI,

A new magazine named Scenic Washington State has started up to promote versatile travel planning in the state. Scenic Washington is an interactive glossy travel magazine that's designed to work in tandem with ScenicWA.com to assist savvy in says

Sales of investment and vacation homes jumped last year, with the combined market share rising to the highest level since 2005, according to the National Association of Realtors.The association's 2012 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey,

Addressing a longtime sore point for some developers, the city of Spokane says it's launching an improved commercial permit process that's designed to provide customers with more timely and predictable service.In a press release announcing the a