Applying for a nearly $2 million federally backed Paycheck Protection Program loan to help cover payroll presented an unprecedented shift in The way Arc of Spokane operates, its executive director says.

Numerica Credit Union plans to renovate two of its Spokane branches this year. Chelsea Maguire, content and communications manager at Spokane Valley-based Numerica, says the credit union's branches at 303 E. Lyons, on the North Side

Growing up on a Valley farm, Steve Hauschild tackled arduous jobs like clearing rocks from crop fields. Years later, he would clear the way for one of the nation's largest credit unions to sprout in a new market.

Spokane-area financial advisers have some ideas on what those who received the third round of federal stimulus checks should do with them. Those ideas have less to do with ways to spend the payments of up to $1,400 a person authorized under the

As the real estate market in the Spokane area remains scorching hot, so does the mortgage lending market, credit union representatives here say. However, they're also in agreement that the current low-rate environment can't last, and some are working

Zero-percent benchmark interest rates have sparked unprecedented loan demand for Spokane-area banks and credit unions. They also have pinched profit margins and shifted focus to noninterest revenue streams, in some cases.