Kim Crompton

New-home construction picks up

Sector outlook here flat overall, but some builders seeing strong surge

March 12, 2015

The overall residential construction market here is projected to be flat or show modest growth this year, but some builders are reporting surprisingly strong demand, particularly since the start of this year, raising hopes for a potentially sharper upturn

Boosting IRA gains by diversifying into real estate

Financial planner says it offers attractive benefits

March 12, 2015

Kim Crompton

Using a Roth individual retirement account to invest in real estate is a little-known strategy that can provide interesting diversification and attractive benefits for certain investors looking to try something different, says David L. Baker, a longtime f

Work-site clinic operator targets big Spokane-area employers

AnovaWorks aims to grow presence in region

February 12, 2015

Kim Crompton

AnovaWorks PLLC, a Wenatchee-based company that works with larger employers to provide health care services on or near their premises to help them reduce costs, says it's expanding its services into the Spokane area and North Idaho.

Year-old infertility clinic in Spokane Valley finds strong demand

SRM Spokane employs 11, offers range of services

January 15, 2015

Kim Crompton

SRM Spokane, a reproductive endocrinology and infertility practice that opened in Spokane Valley in October 2013, is seeing healthy growth in demand for services from patients throughout the Inland Northwest, says Dr. Brenda S. Houmard, who helped launch

Tech sector aims to build on this year's gains

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December 18, 2014

Kim Crompton

The Inland Northwest technology sector has enjoyed a comparatively strong year in 2014, and appears likely to grow even stronger in 2015, buoyed both by gains at larger companies and by a groundswell of startup activity, company executives and industry ob

Sagging wheat prices challenge agricultural market

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December 18, 2014

Kim Crompton

Inland Northwest wheat producers face a potentially softer post-harvest marketplace heading into next year, due partly to damage-causing weather conditions and a plentiful wheat and corn supply worldwide, industry observers here say.

Cloninger medical malpractice trial ruling upheld

Widow's appeal focused on omitted jury instruction

December 4, 2014

Kim Crompton

A Washington state appellate court panel here has upheld a challenged judge's ruling that was made in a medical malpractice trial stemming from the 2010 post-surgery death of prominent Spokane architect and developer Glen Cloninger.

Asset-management firm here wins another honor

Palouse Capital strategy recogized as a 'Top Gun'

December 4, 2014

Kim Crompton

Palouse Capital Management Inc., of Spokane, says its Large Cap Value Strategy has earned recognition as a top performer in the PSN Top Guns list, a quarterly ranking of investment managers that's used by institutional asset managers and investors natio

FSC Financial Group to rebrand at start of 2015

Firm added third partner at beginning of the year

December 4, 2014

Kim Crompton

FSC Financial Group, an independent financial advising and wealth management firm founded here by Fred S. Cox III and Steve Gray in 1991 and that added a third adviser early this year, says it plans to change its name on Jan. 1 to Premier Partners Wealth

Road-through-park lawsuit against Spokane County OK'd

Appellate court overturns trial court's case dismissal

November 20, 2014

Kim Crompton

A Washington state appellate court panel here has reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that Spokane County commissioners improperly authorized the construction of a road through dedicated parkland in the Wandermere area north of Spokane to serve a