Rosemary Warnick, owner and president of Premier 1031 Inc., says she became a business owner almost by necessity, after her mentor died, leaving a void in service providers for Spokane-area commercial real estate transactions known as 1031 exchanges.

Ask Adam Jackson, Mountain West Bank's assistant vice president of professional and commercial lending, how he arrived at this place in his life and you'll hear more about others than you will about him. Growing up on Spokane's South Hill as the

Mary McDirmid, managing director and special care planner at MassMutual Northwest, says nothing is more important to her than time, and that being able to set her own schedule is the key to her success. 'Time is the most important thing to me right

Lars Gilberts has headed the nonprofit University District Development Association for more than two years. In that time, former U District board chairman Karl Otterstrom says, Gilberts has accelerated progress on several projects and goals, including

'A shooting star,” says Tom Simpson. 'She travels fast, she's bold, leaves a trail, and she lights up the room.” It's easy to see why these words come without hesitation about the 31-year-old Lacy Crowder, though she's more apt to describe

One could question the validity of a person being called a rising star when they're shooting up the ranks of a family business. But when the trajectory continues after the business is acquired and then merged with another company, well, such questions

Sinead Voorhees, director of Whitworth University's graduate studies in business program, characterizes herself as an underdog and a workhorse. Voorhees, age 34, was born and raised in Ireland, where her family often struggled to make ends meet.

Garbage from across Spokane arrives in one truck after another at the city of Spokane's Solid Waste Disposal center on the west edge of town at 2900 S. Geiger Blvd. During the summer months, up to 800 tons of trash a day is delivered

Avista Corp. has been focused on environmentally sustainable practices for most of its 130-year history, Avista president and incoming CEO Dennis Vermillion argues, and the Spokane-based utility provider intends to invest heavily in renewable energy