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Articles by LeAnn Bjerken

Inland Northwest Bank parent reports drop in earnings

Company attributes dip to acquisition costs
October 26, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported third-quarter net income of $960,000, or 13 cents a diluted share, down from income of $1.55 million, or 24 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. For t
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Industry veterans form Vista Title & Escrow

New company acquires assets of old Stewart office here
October 26, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Vista Title & Escrow Co., a recently formed Spokane-based estate title and escrow company, has opened its first office. Jessica White, business development and sales manager for Vista Title, says the company was created last month by a group of local inv
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Inland Northwest composite increases

Seven of nine companies had gains in market cap
October 26, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Hart Capital Management Inc., of Spokane, says the composite value of the nine publicly traded Inland Northwest companies increased to $12.2 billion in the recently completed third quarter, an increase of $1.1 billion, or 9.7 percent, from the previous qu
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—LeAnn Bjerken

Holiday hype starts to mount

Nationally, more consumers begin shopping in October; locally, early shoppers seek rare gift items
October 26, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Too soon to be making a list and checking it twice? Some in the retail industry say Christmas shopping is already starting. National trends show that more consumers are getting a head start on holiday shopping this year. Several Spokane-area retailers r
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—LeAnn Bjerken

A bump in bariatric surgeries

More women than men undergo weight-loss procedures, physician says
October 12, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Nearly six years ago, Melani Schorr, a 44-year-old radiology information systems administrator at Deaconess Hospital, in Spokane, had gastric bypass surgery, a decision she says has changed her life. 'I'd been overweight my whole life-diets, exerci
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Median household income increase in Spokane County outpaces U.S., state

Analyst says gain is due to increase in jobs, not wages
October 12, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Household income in Spokane County has increased at a faster pace than statewide and national incomes, data compiled by the Community Indicators of Spokane Initiative show. Countywide annual median household income rose 9.3 percent last year, according t
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Scout Real Estate adds second downtown office

Company expands into property management
October 12, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Spokane-based Scout Real Estate Group LLC has opened a second downtown office that's five times the size of the original office it started here earlier this year. Owner and managing broker Brian Bean says the company leased 4,000 square feet of space o
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Cd'A contractor expands with new Hayden office

Owner plans more hires, to grow finish carpentry
October 12, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Coeur d'Alene-based Candela Construction has opened its second office. Founder Jeff Candela says the company is leasing 8,200 square feet of space at 9896 Chelsea Court in Hayden for the new office. While Candela Construction still occupies its origin
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Grizzly Glass plans new $1 million headquarters

Company expects to move into new space next month
October 12, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Hayden-based glass-repair business Grizzly Glass Centers Inc. plans to move next month to larger quarters in the Warren K Industrial Park, where the company is developing its new, $1 million headquarters building. Owner Steve Wright says the building wil
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Startup efforts in Whitman, Asotin counties to grow

Liberty Lake's INW Partners to hire program manager
October 12, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Inland Northwest Partners, a community economic development and educational nonprofit based in Liberty Lake, has won a two-year, $142,000 contract with the Washington state Department of Commerce for business startup assistance in Whitman and Asotin count
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