Remember how the USA men's boxing team fared in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?If you do, Anthony Bartkowski would prefer you forget. Bartkowski, the executive director of USA Boxing, is leading an effort to overhaul the organization in a
Family Home Care executive Jeff Wiberg and his family have bought the company's assets and have begun operating the Liberty Lake-based home-care agency. With the acquisition finalized March 25, longtime Spokane-area health care executive Michael
Thanks in large part to square dancers, singers, and lovers of old buildings, Spokane outpaced the U.S. and Washington state as whole in visitor spending growth last year, according to a report released earlier this month. After those healthy in
Inland Northwest nonprofits say the number of fundraising events could be on the rise this year after some charities had to cancel or downsize events in recent years.Jennifer Evans, owner of Spokane-based Encore Events & Presentations, says, to
Spokane Teachers Credit Union, of Liberty Lake, has reported 2012 net income of $21.8 million, up 14 percent compared with income of $19.1 million in 2011. Bill Before, STCU's chief financial officer, says a $1.6 million decrease in the credit a
Weeks into his new job as executive director of the Downtown Spokane Partnership, Mark Richard says one of the organization's many goals is to look for ways to strengthen the city's central business district.The 48-year-old former Spokane County
Spokane-area employers that offer wellness programs in some cases are seeing an uptick in employee participation, in part because incentives for participation have become more compelling.Kathy Worden, co-owner of Spokane-based Workwell LLC, a
The Better Business Bureau serving Eastern Washington, North Idaho and Montana says Spokane Valley-based electronic payment processing company Merchant Services Direct LLC has made advertising claims that may be misleading. Chelsea Dannen, of at
Paine Hamblen LLP, of Spokane, has opened a satellite office in Walla Walla and has formed an informal joint venture with Walla Walla-based Virtual In-House Counsel PLLC. Jane E. Brown, managing partner at the 110-year-old Spokane law firm, says
Quietly operating for a year and a half as a statewide technology-related economic development agency, Innovate Washington expects to make more noise in the coming year. As it does so, Innovate Washington CEO Kim Zentz says, the organization's a