With the financial markets in turmoil, businesspeople here will be watching to see whether their friendly banker still will be so chummy, but bankers here say that while they might be a bit more cautious, they're not going to snub solid would-be of

The Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau has completed three research reports this year, has implemented a fourth done last year, and is part way through an accreditation effortall aimed at improving how well it performs its slew of in

The city of Spokane will submit applications late this month or early next month for permits that must be issued before construction can begin on a proposed white-water park on the Spokane River, says Steve Faust, executive director of the Spokane

Sterling Financial Corp. has entered into amended employment agreements with three of its top executives in an attempt to send the market a calming message.The Spokane-based company reached the agreements last month with Harold Gilkey, its and

The city of Spokane hasnt offered mediation to Diamond Parking Inc. in its condemnation suit against the company to acquire property in the block south of the INB Performing Arts Center and Convention Center, and Diamond is uninterested in says a

Spokane architect and developer Glen Cloninger says he and the city of Spokane will attempt mediation as they seek to settle the highly contested value of his property on a downtown city block the Spokane Public Facilities District covets for he

When the stock of Sterling Financial Corp. plunged recently, it was pushed down in part by short selling allowed under new federal regulations, asserts Harold Gilkey, chairman and CEO of the Spokane-based financial holding company.Short selling

Avista Corp. has agreed to buy the former Horizon Credit Union headquarters building, at 14523 E. Trent, from Horizon, and plans to move its Spokane-area call center there from its own headquarters office building at 1411 E. Mission.The Spokane

Itron Inc., of Liberty Lake, has received three recent orders from utilities in New York state, Detroit, and Portland, Ore., the latter of which likely will be worth $20 million to $25 million in business.In the biggest of the orders, Itron it

AmericanWest Bancorporation, of Spokane, has sought regulatory approval to sell $30 million in securities through a public offering to increase the capital of its principal operating subsidiary, AmericanWest Bank, and to raise money for general a