Kootenai County has leased a stand-alone building in northwest Coeur d'Alene, where it plans to move its public defender's office, giving it larger space and better security, says Dan Green, Kootenai County commissioner.

Havana Properties LLC, a recently formed affiliate of Spokane-based Fast Way Freight Systems Inc., has bought the Broadway Terminal industrial park where Fast Way has been leasing space for more than two decades, says Mark Willard, Fast Way chief financia

Spokane has the lowest average annual homeowners' insurance premiums of any city in the state-at $831, or 16 percent below the state average-says a just-released study published by ValuePenguin.com, a consumer-focused research website based in New Y

The data security breach at Home Depot stores in September cost credit unions nearly $60 million to reissue cards, deal with fraud, and cover other costs, according to the results of a new survey of credit unions released last week by the Credit Union Nat

Cyber-attacks against small businesses are growing more sophisticated, says the American Bankers Association, which describes itself as 'the voice” for the nation's $15 trillion banking industry.

The Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index jumped to plus-46 in the third quarter, its highest level in seven years.