Treva Lind

Ace Hardware store planned on South Hill

Outlet scheduled to open this summer in former Jones Pharmacy space

April 7, 2011

An Ace Hardware store is slated to take a former Jones Pharmacy & Home Health Care space in a South Hill retail center anchored by a Huckleberry's Natural Market.EaglePointe Construction & Management Inc. owner David Shea says the company is way

Mining firm posts jump in income

Prices for silver, copper help boost Revett's profits after a net loss in 2009

April 7, 2011

Treva Lind

Spokane Valley-based mining company Revett Minerals Inc. has reported significant improvement in its financial results for 2010, posting net income of $4.4 million, or 16 cents a share, compared with a 2009 net loss of $4.9 million, or 23 cents a a

City works to smooth path for business

Seven In Eleven program involves goals to smooth permit, approval processes

April 7, 2011

Treva Lind

The city of Spokane has launched a new program, called Seven in Eleven, to improve the small-business climate within the city. Two early focuses of the program, named for the seven goals the initiative sets out to accomplish in 2011, involve for

Intermountain reports deeper loss; core deposits rise

Decline in assets, loans seen as Sandpoint bank works off its bad loans

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

Sandpoint-based Intermountain Community Bancorp, which operates Panhandle State Bank and Intermountain Community Bank, posted a full-year 2010 net loss of $33.5 million, or $3.99 per common share, compared with a net loss of $23.6 million, or $2.82

Idaho Independent sees smaller net loss in 2010

Cd'A-based bank reduces bad land loans, maintains capital as climate improves

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

Coeur d'Alene-based Idaho Independent Bank has reported a net loss of $5.7 million, or 89 cents a diluted share, for 2010, down from a loss of $6.7 million, or $1.06 per diluted share, in 2009. The 2010 loss reflects the posting of a $3.1 tax a

Retirement-planning tool created here

Vickerman & Driscoll seeks to assist clients with online "bucket" system for figuring needed income

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

Spurred by the 2008 financial collapse, Spokane-based Vickerman & Driscoll Financial Advisors Inc. has developed a new retirement planning tool that breaks up post-employment income into a monthly spending plan instead of focusing on a lump-sum can

The vitamin D debate

More providers monitor nutrient levels in patients; some view supplements skeptically

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

Vitamin D can help boost bone health. While it's thought to have other health benefits, how much or how little opens up some debate among Inland Northwest health providers.Within the past two years, doctors here have stepped up their screening D

Geno's owner sells property, to close longtime restaurant

Investors plan to market building near Gonzaga to restaurateurs, others

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

After operating in Spokane for 50 years, Geno's Fabulous Pizza & Italian Dinners restaurant is closing this week. Plans to shutter the longtime establishment follow the sale of its 1414 N. Hamilton property to two investors.Spokane investors and

Feeling the need for beads

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

When Tim Bohr gets close to the flame, he creates works of art at his Glass Gods studio in Spokane Valley. Owned by Bohr and his wife Lori, the glassblowing studio creates hand-blown pieces ranging from colorful beads to custom orders such as a

Silverwood is projecting record year

North Idaho theme park set to invest $2.3 million in three new attractions

March 24, 2011

Treva Lind

North Idaho's Silverwood Theme Park expects another record-breaking year in 2011, with season pass sales already up by 4 percent from last year, says Silverwood spokeswoman Nancy DiGiammarco.Following a record of more than 628,000 guests in is a