Richard Larkins decided it was time for a change. After nearly a decade of working in the financial collections sector, much of it in California, he'd had enough, says his wife, Jennilea Larkins. 'He was done with it. Absolutely done,” she says.

Restaurant owner Peter Froese had a prime downtown Spokane location fall into his lap when former Santé owner Jeremy Hansen called him and asked him if he wanted to take over the location at 404 W. Main. Now, after some interior reconstruction, Froese

Pounder's Jewelry, at 3131 N. Division, says it has purchased the Spokane Clock, 3140 N. Division, and moved that business' operations under its roof. 'We have a separate watch division at Pounder's,” says Dave Sharp, a horologist at

Blue Cross of Idaho has opened an office in Coeur d'Alene that the health insurance provider says eventually will employ 40 people, representing a variety of departments. The new office is located at 1812 N. Lakewood Drive and is open 8 a.m. to 4:30

The Coeur d'Alene antique store, Rebel Junk Vintage Market, plans to move a little more than a mile north on Fourth Street from its current location.