Peter F. Stanton, chairman and CEO of Washington Trust Bank, points out that the bank he leads is the only one still operating out of all of the banks that appeared on the Journal of Business' first Banks List in the mid-1980s. Founded in 1902, Washi

Total compensation rebounded last year for executives at Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies, according to the annual analysis conducted by the Journal of Business. Average annual total compensation in 2016 for 41 executives from the eight p

After two years of declining sales, activity is heating up in a big way at Hotstart Inc. The Spokane Valley-based maker of engine heating equipment is seeing a 30 percent increase in revenue so far this year and is hiring more employees to handle the add

The Spokane Gives campaign has expanded in scope during its first three years. Entering its fourth year, its initiator, Spokane Mayor David Condon, sees potential for more growth in participation from the business sector. 'We're starting to get mo

Melissa Murphy started her career as a Realtor at the height of the residential real estate market in Spokane in the mid-2000s, then founded her own brokerage when that market troughed out about five years later. After five years in business, Prime Real