Katie Ross

Spokane Valley-based Family First Senior Care expands its services

Company acquires assets of care management entity

April 24, 2014

Spokane Valley-based home care company Family First Senior Care Inc. has acquired the assets of Lighthouse Care Management Inc., of Spokane, says Jennipher Ama, president and owner of Family First. Former Lighthouse owner Nancy Doughty will work for Fam

STCU enhances its mortgage rate-lock policy

Homebuyers can secure rate before picking house

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane Teachers Credit Union, the Spokane area's largest credit union, has modified its home mortgage interest rate lock policy for conventional loans to make it more borrower-friendly, says Jeff Mularksi, STCU's real estate manager for origination a

Inland Northwest Bank parent posts ninth straight profitable quarter

Bank's net loans increased $41.3 million year over year

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent company of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported first-quarter net income of $588,000, up from $436,000 in the year-earlier period. The company reported earnings per diluted share of 14 cents for th

SNAP Financial Access opens Women's Business Center

Program will offer planning assistance, training classes

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

SNAP Financial Access has launched a Women's Business Center here that's intended to be a resource for female business owners or women who want to start a business, says Laurie Roth, manager of the center. The center opened earlier this month in the

Imprezzio affiliate debuts sales software

Parent company also announces new CEO

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

Racing Snail Inc., a Phoenix-based sister company of Spokane software provider Imprezzio Inc., has launched a new software designed to track sales activities and increase efficiency. Racing Snail and Imprezzio are both subsidiaries of Spokane-based hol

Rosauers Supermarkets plans store in Suncrest area

$3.1 million project to have company's first fuel station

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane-based grocery chain Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. plans to construct a new $3.1 million, 32,000-square-foot grocery store in the Suncrest area in Stevens County, northwest of Spokane. Rosauers President Jeff Philipps says the new store will be const

Failure of Washington state transportation bill leaves work in limbo

North Spokane Corridor at forefront of discussion

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

The failure of the Washington state legislature to pass a transportation funding package last month, which could have included $750 million to connect the North Spokane Corridor to Interstate 90, has raised questions about the outlook for projects in the

Helping children with autism find their voice

Graduate students assist pre-K autistic children with verbalization skills

April 10, 2014

Katie Ross

Washington State University Spokane has partnered with Northwest Autism Center, of Spokane, to launch an interdisciplinary program for speech and hearing sciences graduate students to gain hands-on experience while helping children with autism spectrum di

Regal Arms apartment complex sold; renovations to begin soon

Salt Lake City nonprofit's project to cost $1.5 million

April 10, 2014

Katie Ross

Salt Lake City-based Western Region Nonprofit Housing Corp. has agreed to buy the nine-building Regal Arms Apartments complex on Spokane' s North Side and plans to start a $1.5 million renovation there later this month, says Ryan Hackett, development

Ecova inks contract with large golf course operator

Affiliation, new program focused on sustainability

April 10, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane-based energy management company Ecova Inc. has landed a contract to provide utility-expense and energy-supply management services to Los Angeles-based American Golf Corp., which manages 91 private and public golf courses nationwide. Specifically,