Action Mortgage Co., a subsidiary of Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank, topped $1 billion in total lending volume last year, the first time in the 15-year-old companys history it crossed that mark. Action made residential mortgages and in a

A McCall, Idaho-based air-charter and cargo service plans to initiate in May regular flights between Sandpoint and the cities of Boise and Seattle, launching the first-ever regular air-passenger service for the Bonner County town. The company,

Visiontec Inc., a high-tech contract manufacturer in Spokane Valley that once employed nearly 50 people, shut down its operation last month, according to a letter the company sent to its suppliers. This has been brought on by the excess in 9.

Inland Northwest hospitals have begun battling runaway malpractice insurance premiums by self-insuring, pooling their resources, and even outsourcing the operation of risk-laden departments. Sacred Heart Medical Center here, for example, and a

A new initiative to recruit businesses to Eastern Washington and North Idaho has hired former Jobs Plus Inc. President Bob Potter to generate leads. The initiative is aimed at creating recognition for what it calls the Great Inland and it be

Goodrich Corp.s plant on the West Plains here is a one-man operationat least when it comes to its human-resources department. Ben Duncan, human resources manager at the aerospace-components manufacturing company, says he hires, fires, files, he

A large number of U.S. workerssome estimates say 15 percent or morecare for an older relative while holding down a job and juggling other family responsibilities and social activities.That kind of balancing act can leave an employee pretty

Hospitality Manufacturing Inc., a Hayden, Idaho-based maker of furniture for hospitals, hotels, and schools, has broken ground on a bigger manufacturing plant that should help the company post record sales this year, says Darren Miller, its plans a

Hotelier and developer Walt Worthy has been named by the Spokane County commissioners to the board of the Spokane Public Facilities District, the organization that operates the Spokane Convention Center, the Opera House, and the Spokane Veterans a

A developer is selling lots in the first phase of a new, 80-acre residential project at Schweitzer Mountain Resort, near Sandpoint.Eleven of the 18 lots included in that phase of the planned development, to be called the Spires at Schweitzer,