The YMCA of the Inland Northwest and the YWCA of Spokane have secured almost $5.9 million for the new facility theyre constructing at 930 N. Monroe by obtaining tax credits through the federal New Markets Tax Credit program.Because they could

Advantage IQ, the Spokane company that manages utility bills and other site costs for companies with multiple locations, has added 70 employees and 30 major new customers in the last year as its business has surged.The Avista Corp. subsidiary 7

Spokane-based Northwest Farm Credit Services has posted net income of $114.1 million for 2007, up from $109.4 million in 2006. The federally chartered ag-lending cooperative also says that as of Dec. 31, its net loans had climbed to $6.5 billion, a

Lighthouse for the Blind Inc., a Seattle nonprofit contract manufacturer, says it will pay workers at a new facility its opening here competitive wages based on annual compensation surveys, including one done here.The nonprofit, which and for

Avista Corp., one of the nations greener electric utilities, is poised to do battle on carbon cap-and-trade systems on the state, regional, and national levels with much larger utilities that get much of their power from coal-burning stage for is

After a difficult 2007, Avista Corp. should be able to rebound fully this year, bolster that improved performance in 2009, and increase its dividend substantially by the end of that year, a regional brokerage firm projects.The firm, D.A. & Co.,

After subprime lending woes hounded the national mortgage market and hamstrung the U.S. housing industry in 2007, some uncertainty hangs over the finance sector as 2008 nears.Its really hard to tell, frankly, from my perspective whats to

Wheatland Bank, of Spokane, has taken initial steps to enter the Yakima, Wash., market as part of its expansion in Central Washington, where it already has branches in Quincy, Moses Lake, and, as of Dec. 10, Wenatchee.The bank has hired a team

Washington Trust Bank expects to open three branch offices within the next year in Coeur dAlene and Boise, and the Spokane-based institution is continuing to look aggressively for other new branch locations in its system, President and Chief Jack

For Northwest Farm Credit Services, these are the best of times.The federally chartered ag-lending cooperative has been growing at 12 percent to 13 percent a year for the last four or five years, and the outlook for the farmers it serves likely