Columbia Basin Federal Credit Union, a Moses Lake, Wash.-based institution with three offices, plans to merge into Horizon Credit Union, of Spokane Valley.Brian Grytdal, Horizons vice president of marketing, says the boards of both credit the

A Spokane company plans to buy a 22.5-acre parcel used as an exotic animal farm in northeast Spokane and has proposed developing a 276-unit apartment complex there. The company, Consortium Investments LLC, is seeking preliminary-plat approval a

Hotel-occupancy rates in the Spokane area are holding up this year at about the same level as last year, despite the down year projected for the industry, and have allowed some hoteliers to raise room rates. Because of that, revenue per room, a

Spokane Baptist Association Homes CEO Glen Pierce realized four years ago that if the organizations 96-unit Holman Gardens Retirement Community, in Spokane Valley, wanted to survive, it would need to undergo a financial restructuring.To make

Freedom RV Inc., a recreational-vehicle dealership in Spokane Valley, has bought a building at 7807 E. Sprague that it had leased for about a year.Barry Danzig, who co-owns Freedom RV with his father, Murray Danzig, says the company bought the

Spokane Junior Academy, a private school operated by Seventh-day Adventist churches for children in kindergarten through 10th grade, has started site development for its long-envisioned new school building in northwest Spokane.Art Lenz, for the

Itronix Corp., of Spokane, is in line to receive $6.5 million for a project to ruggedize a handheld computer for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. Funding for the project, called the Warfighter Pocket XP project, currently is included in

Gonzaga University says it plans to offer once again its own undergraduate nursing degree and ultimately to end its longtime relationship with the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing. Mary Sue Gorski, chairwoman of by

Nine years ago, Skip Davis needed a place like Sacred Heart Medical Center about as much as Sacred Heart needed a person like Davis.In his mid-50s at the time, Davis was living in Sacramento, Calif., and working for a national consulting firm a

Want to build a granny flat?That type of dwelling, known more formally as a detached accessory dwelling unit, and other unconventional types of housing could become easier to build in Spokane if the city approves proposed changes to its code. a