Special Report

Treating eating disorders in Spokane

Emily Program on South Hill uses range of interventions

May 8, 2014

The Emily Program, a Minnesota-based treatment center for eating disorders with a facility in Seattle, opened a facility on Spokane's South Hill last June and is using psychological, nutritional, medical, and psychiatric interventions to help patients o

Exchange evolution

Healthplanfinder has success in signups, but users call for improvements

May 8, 2014

Mike McLean

Even though the Washington Health Benefit Exchange surpassed the state's health insurance enrollment goals, a lot more work can be done to improve the system, sources familiar with the exchange say. In all, the exchange enrolled more than 1 million p

STCU enhances its mortgage rate-lock policy

Homebuyers can secure rate before picking house

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane Teachers Credit Union, the Spokane area's largest credit union, has modified its home mortgage interest rate lock policy for conventional loans to make it more borrower-friendly, says Jeff Mularksi, STCU's real estate manager for origination a

Ignore all of the uproar over high-frequency trading

Individual investors benefit from tech-boosted system

April 24, 2014

Michael Maehl

By the time this piece is published, it shall have been about a month since Michael Lewis went on 60 Minutes to flog his latest Wall Street-oriented book. This one is called 'Flash Boys.â€ The boys, in this case, are those who oversee and administer th

Inland Northwest Bank parent posts ninth straight profitable quarter

Bank's net loans increased $41.3 million year over year

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent company of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported first-quarter net income of $588,000, up from $436,000 in the year-earlier period. The company reported earnings per diluted share of 14 cents for th

Seattle-based brokerage set to join global conglomerate

Spokane branch office could gain from merger

April 24, 2014

Staff Report

McAdams Wright Ragen Inc., a prominent Seattle-based financial services company that opened a branch office in Spokane two years ago, says it has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Baird, an international employee-owned conglomerate with more tha

Firefighters Credit Union's growth smolders

Firefighters CU focuses on consumer loans for its 2,000-some members

April 24, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Founded in 1934, the Spokane Firefighters Credit Union is celebrating 80 years in business this year, serving more than 2,000 area firefighters and their families, says Todd Powell, CEO for the past 10 years and a full-time firefighter with the city of Sp

Umpqua Bank has changes in 'store'

Bank espouses commitment to community, to roll out its retail brand

April 24, 2014

Mike McLean

Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. now is operating Spokane-founded Sterling Bank under the Umpqua Bank name following a shareholder-approved acquisition that cleared its last regulatory hurdle Friday, April 18. Umpqua has started changing out Sterl

Jack in the Box planned at CrossRoads in Coeur d'Alene

Calif. franchisee to hire 35 to 40 employees

April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

The City of Coeur d'Alene has issued a building permit for a Jack in the Box restaurant to be built in the CrossRoads Coeur d'Alene retail center, which is anchored by a WinCo Foods grocery store, in northwest Coeur d'Alene. Feast Foods LLC, of M