Special Report

Engineering a transition

Next-generation leaders step up in GeoEngineers' office here

August 27, 2015

James Harakas, the man who opened the GeoEngineers Inc. Spokane office 24 years ago, has helped form a young leadership team to carry on the business aspects of the multidiscipline engineering services provider, beyond his now imminent retirement.

Bank of America tabs Kurt Walsdorf for broader role

Longtime executive will still lead Spokane market

August 13, 2015

Chris Street

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Kurt Walsdorf to head up business banking in much of the western U.S.Â

Robo advisers have role, can't replace human touch

Costs kept low, but option provides little guidance

August 13, 2015

Rob Blume

Considering the degree to which technology has infiltrated daily life, it should come as no surprise that computers are starting to call the shots when it comes to personal finances.

Stay cool during late summer stock market lull

With traders at the beach, investors should be wary

August 13, 2015

Michael Maehl

It's August. The traders and the Fed are at the shore, so there's sort of no reason to do any buying or selling. Unfortunately, that appears to have been the thinking for most of this year-so far.

Spokane Federal sees membership growth spurt

Credit union reports strong gains in consumer loans

August 13, 2015

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Federal Credit Union began in 1956 with just a few hundred dollars and only seven employees who also served as its first members.Â Today, it has approximately 11,500 members, and about $137 million in assets.

SBA touts 504 financing tool

Overlooked loan program promotes job growth, retention here

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

A U.S. Small Business Administration financing program is helping businesses expand and better position themselves for the economic turnaround, and Ted Schinzel, the SBA's Spokane branch administrator, says more businesses here could benefit from SBA 50

Taking Inland Northwest Bank to the next step

New CEO expects bank to strengthen its position in the Inland Northwest

August 13, 2015

New Inland Northwest Bank president and CEO, Russell Lee, is excited by what he sees for the bank's future.

$7 million remodel eyed at old Cooper-George building

Living, common space improvements envisioned

July 30, 2015

Mike McLean

Owners of the South Hill Senior Living complex, also known as the Cooper-George Building, at 707 W. Fifth, are contemplating a $7 million makeover of the building, a pre-development application on file with the city of Spokane shows.