Sonderen Packaging Inc., a longtime Spokane paperboard carton maker, is acquiring new equipment to increase its capabilities and is asking a state agency to issue up to $7 million in bonds to help finance the cost of the machinery. The agency, the Washin

The residential construction market here is continuing to strengthen, but some market observers expect the rate of improvement to soften a bit this year compared with the gains of the last two years. Regardless of the pace, it's clear that the trend sti

Former Montana resident Alex Jackson had little interest in leaving his position as a Providence hospital system executive in Portland in late 2011 when Spokane colleague Elaine Couture began trying to entice him into applying for a position here that she

RiverBank, an eight-year-old bank here that has sought to differentiate itself in the competitive local financial market by offering concierge services to mostly small-business and commercial clients here, says it returned to profitability last year and i

Kiemle & Hagood Co. says it and a facility-services subsidiary it operates have been using greener building management and maintenance practices they implemented fully three years ago to help building owners and tenants achieve sizable energy savings. Th

Yoram Bauman, who visited Spokane earlier this month and calls himself "the world's first and only stand-up economist," probably isn't someone you'd expect to see rise to prominence in the comedy world, given the subject matter he uses to elicit he

The tractor tires stacked near the entrance to the big workout floor at the Farmgirlfit fitness center east of downtown Spokane are one of the first indicators that this isn't your typical gym. Also noticeable right away is the absence of the and a