Reflecting the recent strength of the auto industry nationally, Medford, Ore.-based Lithia Motors, Inc., which operates four dealerships in the greater Spokane area, says it had the highest adjusted net income in its history in the second quarter.
It rep
Warren Buffett has persuaded more than 100 billionaires to give away large portions of their wealth to philanthropy over the past few years. People in Spokane may not have billions to donate to charity but they are generous when it comes to giving money t
When it comes to the arts and culture in Spokane, arts organizers say there's a large population working in the creative sector, but audience participation in the region is low, well below the national average in most categories.
Those numbers show up
Spokane-based RiverBank Holding Co. has accepted $2.9 million from a fully subscribed private-placement offering, which it says will strengthen the bank's capital position while supporting its growth strategy.
Daniel Byrne, RiverBank CEO, says he appr
Gerard Fischer, who served for 16 years on Spokane's Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital and Providence Holy Family Hospital's senior leadership team, joined the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle as vice president of clini
Hart Capital Management Inc., a Spokane-based investment firm, says the combined stock value of 12 publicly traded Inland Northwest companies, as measured in an overall index it compiles, rose 6.3 percent in the second quarter of 2014, beating out the S&P
A group of educational, business, and nonprofit partners-brought together through an innovative civic model-will collaborate with Spokane Public Schools to expand efforts to help at-risk middle school students in northeast Spokane.
The goal is to inc
Three separate and vastly different organizations met the June 15 deadline to file notices of intent with Spokane Public Schools to open charter schools in Spokane for the 2015-2016 school year, including iLEAD, an organization whose charter was rejected
Kim Harmson, an early childhood educator for most of her career, opened Kizuri, a fair trade retail store in downtown Spokane, with absolutely no retail experience. What she did have was a strong belief in community and the fair trade movement.
Fair trad
Rainmaker Creative, a Spokane-based design and marketing firm, plans to open an office in Cupertino, Calif., to serve current clients there and to develop new business, says Billie Gaura, who owns Rainmaker with her husband, Kevin.
Gaura says the new off