Executives of Inland Northwest publicly traded companies saw their total compensation shoot up an average of 42 percent last year, as more of them cashed in on lucrative stock options and the companies they led shared the largess of improving CEOs

What a difference five years can make.In 2001, there wasnt much to be happy about at Coeur dAlene Mines Corp. Losses had been mounting for years, and the big silver producer knew the red ink likely would continue to flow. Silver prices had

Close your eyes and it could be the high-tech glory days of 2000. Telect Inc. CEO Wayne Williams is talking about the challenges of getting product out the door fast enough to meet demand. Desperate customers are calling to say theyd pay two

If SIRTI were the petri-dish subject of a microscopic examination, it would be quite a sightmolecules darting about, gathering in new clusters, and transforming before your eyes. Perhaps the only constant these days at the Spokane Intercollegiate

It might be frigid outside, but the temperature of the Inland Northwest economy is a comfy 74 degrees or so. And though some sectors are expecting to see the mercury fall a degree or two in 2006, theres certainly no need to throw another blanket

Sandpoint-based Intermountain Community Bancorp, whose banking units operate 14 branches, including one here, has launched a $10 million offering of common stock to fuel future growth.Late last month, the bank holding company set the price for

You probably didnt want to hear this, but that e-mail you sent last weekyou know, the one you wished you could take backhas been saved in about five different places and actually could end up as evidence in court.Oh, and by the way, your

Providence Services, the Spokane-based parent of Sacred Heart Medical Center and a collection of other health-care entities in Eastern Washington and Montana, says it and its Seattle-based counterpart, Providence Health Systems, have begun studying

The past year or two has been a break-out time for a small Spokane Valley high-tech company that cut its teeth in the shareware software world but now is building a reputation for itself by doing custom programming for clients around the in founder

The shine might be off Spokanes once rich reputation as a center for mining-industry activity, but one still doesnt have to drill very deep here to discover a lode of small exploration companies, scratching the ground for the next big a of the