The mostly vacant West Plains complex where Alloy Trailers Inc. and later Reliance Trailer Co. LLC operated for many years is about to see some new life.Marc Fessler, owner of Fessco Fleet & Marine Inc., at 4101 E. Broadway, says he has leased a

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, posted net margins of more than $5.8 million last year, up sharply from $3.6 million in 2010, but it says part of that gain was due to a one-time benefit."Bonneville (Power the us

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, posted net margins of more than $5.8 million last year, up sharply from $3.6 million in 2010, but it says part of that gain was due to a one-time benefit."Bonneville (Power the us

Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, has reported net income of about $16.2 million for last year, up substantially from earnings of $9.1 million in 2010 and $3 million 2009.Jack Heath, the bank's chairman and chief operating officer, says, "I was

Northwest Farm Credit Services, the big Spokane-based ag-lending cooperative, says it's sending out to its stockholders patronage refund checks totaling $53 million.FDS Board Chairman Kevin Riel said in a press release that this year's refund is

Trusts established to try to recoup some of the huge amount of money that investors had tied up in Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. and Summit Securities Inc. before those affiliated companies here shut down eight years ago have made a fourth

The wood products industry shows little sign yet of emerging from the protracted slump it has endured, although it could see slight improvement next year.Spokane-based Potlatch Corp., which has about 1.5 million acres of timberland and also has

Scattered examples that some industry sectors here are beginning to climb from the depths of this lengthy economic downturn aren't numerous or noteworthy enough to suggest that next year will be markedly stronger than this one has been.In fact,