Washington Trust Bank has posted net income of $29.3 million for 2004, up 15.1 percent from $25.5 million in the previous year.The Spokane-based banks assets grew to $2.5 billion in 2004, up 12.3 percent, and it also reported substantial in a

The Spokane Area Economic Development Council is working to respond to a request from Airbus North American affiliate for information about communities that could be potential sites for a $600 million U.S. aircraft manufacturing plant.The for

D.A. Davidson & Co. has downgraded the shares of Sterling Financial Corp., of Spokane, and Walla Walla, Wash.-based Banner Corp., which operates bank branches here, partly on the belief that rising interest rates could hurt bank stocks Davidson, a

Coldwater Creek Inc., the Sandpoint-based national retailer thats opening new stores at a blistering pace, will add 60 employees at its headquarters campus in the coming year and also will launch a major renovation there that will boost its space

One of the two biggest providers of billboard advertising in Eastern Washington and North Idaho has agreed to buy the other in a transaction that involves operations across several states.In the sale, Lamar Advertising Co., of Baton Rouge, La.,

The shares of Sterling Financial Corp. have risen to all-time highs in the last several days after the Spokane-based bank holding company reported strong third-quarter earnings.Sterlings stock jumped to a closing price of $38.84 a share last

The Pacific Northwest, having added electrical generating capacity rapidly when power prices skyrocketed in 2000 and 2001, has a surplus of supply today, and over the next five years should focus on conservation as it seeks to develop future the on

Avista Advantage, a third-party manager of other businesses utility and other facility-related bills, has added two new clients that together operate more than 8,000 locations nationwide.Spokane-based Avista Advantage, a subsidiary of Avista

Two Inland Northwest mining companies expect to decide between now and the end of the year whether to construct three proposed mines on two continents that would cost a combined $600 million.Coeur dAlene Mines Corp.s board of directors is a

Seeking to get more value out of its vast timberlands, Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. plans to sell this week a conservation easement that will cover almost 23,000 acres of its forests near North Idahos St. Joe River for $4.1 million.The sale a