Horizon Credit Union reported a 23.5 percent dip in net income for 2008, but posted gains in deposits, loans, and total assets.The Spokane-based credit union reported 2008 net income of $3.6 million, compared with $4.7 million in 2007.Jeff in

Spokane-based Global Credit Union posted a net loss of $3.5 million for 2008, compared with net income of $1.1 million in 2007. Greg Benneweis, Global's vice president for finance, says the loss occurred primarily because the credit union its by

Spokane Teachers Credit Union posted lower net income for 2008, but its assets, loans, and deposits all grew sharply while its membership rolls climbed at a healthy clip.The Spokane-based credit union had $8 million in net income last year, down

The city of Spokane plans to upgrade 3.5 miles of aging water transmission main between the Division-Ruby couplet and its Upriver Dam beginning this spring. Halme Construction Inc., of Davenport, Wash., is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of

Safeway Inc., plans to spend $2 million to convert its store at the Town & Country Shopping Center to its "lifestyle" theme, and will add about 35 employees there, says District Manager Craig Johnson. Also, Stejer Development LLC, of Spokane, a

Hoffman Contractors Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $5.4 million, for a city of Spokane contract to upgrade portions of the city's wastewater treatment plant.Bids for the project came in well below a city estimate of

The city of Spokane says work could start next month on a $3.8 million project to reconstruct Alberta Street between Northwest Boulevard and Francis Avenue. The project, which will take about three months to complete, also will include rebuilding A

A Spokane developer is seeking approval of a site plan for a retirement-center complex and day-care facility on a 4.5-acre parcel in the Indian Trail neighborhood.The developer, Brian Layton, of Spokane-based Sunny Creek Development Inc., filed