Some financial advisers here say they're seeing a growing segment of people nearing retirement asking how to handle scattered retirement funds. Jerry Felts, principal at Jerry Felts CFP, of Spokane, says it's becoming more common to see clients with

River Rock Family Wealth Management, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Financial Network, is only a year old but already is working to grow its services here. Tighe Smith, the firm's founder and managing director, says that as he works to help clients plan

Junior Achievement will partner with Spokane Public Schools for the second year in presenting middle school students with a day of hands-on experience with financial challenges they'll likely face as adults. This school year, Junior Achievement Finance

Spokane-based Hart Capital Management Inc. has opened an office in Coeur d'Alene, saying that 20 percent of its client base now is in North Idaho. The company expanded last month into a 2,200-square-foot office space on the main floor of McEuen Terrace

Permanent tax breaks enacted last December, coupled with an election-year lull in new tax laws, are enabling tax preparers and their clients here to implement strategies with more time and certainty than they've had in recent years, some tax planners he