Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of energy-management equipment and systems, says an electric utility in Vermont has selected it to provide smart-grid technology, and a California utility separately has installed a landmark 4 million Itron

Utah-based auto group Larry H. Miller Corp. has bought the former Hallmark Hyundai dealership, its fourth Spokane-area acquisition.The dealership, located at 8801 E. Sprague in Spokane Valley and now named Larry H. Miller Hyundai Spokane, 26 of

Glacier Bancorp Inc., the Kalispell, Mont.-based holding company with 11 bank subsidiaries, including Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank, has reported 2011 net income of $17.5 million, or 24 cents a diluted share, down from $42.3 million, or 61

Coeur d'Alene-based Idaho Independent Bank reported a net loss of $6.4 million, or 94 cents a diluted share, for 2011, compared with a loss of $5.7 million, or 89 cents a share, in 2010.The latest annual loss includes a $1.5 million noncash to a

Rebuilding Together Spokane, a nonprofit that helps low-income residents with needed home improvements through donations of labor, services, and materials, is planning to participate in a national rebuilding blitz on April 28.The group has six a

Liberty Lake-based R'nR RV Center, a prominent Eastern Washington new and used recreational-vehicle and truck-camper sales and service concern, has put its name on the Airway Heights dealership it bought a few years ago—and claims sales are a