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In the stock market, current trend is our friend

Historic cycles jibe with favorable conditions now

December 4, 2014

It was a day on which very little else seemed to happen, but 20 years ago, Dec. 8, 1994, we had the start of the huge bull market run that lasted until 2001.

FSC Financial Group to rebrand at start of 2015

Firm added third partner at beginning of the year

December 4, 2014

Kim Crompton

FSC Financial Group, an independent financial advising and wealth management firm founded here by Fred S. Cox III and Steve Gray in 1991 and that added a third adviser early this year, says it plans to change its name on Jan. 1 to Premier Partners Wealth

A wealth of growth in Washington Trust unit

Bank's wealth management department handles trusts, investments for its clients

December 4, 2014

Katie Ross

The wealth management and advisory services department of Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank has been experiencing asset and revenue growth of close to 10 percent a year for the last ten years, says Rob Blume, managing director and senior vice president

Paying off burdensome debt before you retire

Number of retirees with financial obligations soars

December 4, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Spokane-area financial experts say a vast majority of retirees and pre-retirees are increasingly facing retirement with sizable amounts of debt-even student loan debt.

National Safety Council renews alliance with OSHA

Organization, agency align to help workers, employers

November 20, 2014

Staff Report

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Safety Council have renewed theirÂ allianceÂ to work together to protect the health and safety of workers and to understand the rights of workers and responsibilities of employers under the Oc

Guide to help employers get workers back on the job

Effort aims to put people on clock within three days

November 20, 2014

Judith Spitzer

A Washington State University Spokane nursing professor has published a guide to help employers and employees with job-related injuries get back to work, using a $138,000 grant from the state's Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP) Grant Program.

RevolutionAR looks to reform training practices

Firm uses app-based training to increase safety, efficiency

November 20, 2014

Katie Ross

Liberty Lake startup RevolutionAR Inc. is launching an employee training product, using a technology called augmented reality, with possible implications for how companies conduct safety training.

Coffman Engineers adds fire protection expertise

Company brings formerly contracted services in-house

November 6, 2014

Katie Ross

Coffman Engineers Inc., the multi-city engineering firm with a large office in Spokane, has hired two new senior fire protection engineers, says CEO Dave Coffman.

Hayden design firm adjusts as stability returns

Schools, commercial jobs sustain Longwell+Trapp

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

Longwell+Trapp Architects PLLC, of Hayden, has seen steady work in both private and publicly funded projects in the last two years, although the company still is leaned out somewhat from the Great Recession, says founding principal Gordon Longwell.

DCI Engineers eyes growth in 2015

Convention Center expansion, downtown hotel among firm's projects

November 6, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Working on projects such as the Spokane Convention Center expansion and the Grand Hotel Spokane, Seattle-based DCI Engineers will bring in revenue this year of $27 million companywide, and the company is poised to see 10 to 15 percent in growth in 2015, s