Wheatland Bank, of Spokane, says it posted net income of just over $1.1 million last year, up about $92,000 from 2009, and had strong increases in deposits and assets, but a decline in loans, similar to what many other banks here M. Horton, CEO, of

Spokane Teachers Credit Union says it posted net income of $16.2 million in 2010, up nearly double from $9.1 million in 2009, and also had decent gains in loans and deposits, despite the continuing economic slump.The credit union—Spokane's

Eastern Washington University's board of trustees has committed to financing about $25 million for a planned new residence hall on its Cheney campus, and a university committee has named ALSC Architects PS to oversee its design."It's the of what

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, posted net margins of about $3.5 million for last year, down 27 percent from 2009, but CEO Kris Mikkelsen says she was generally pleased with its performance, given the weak I think

RiverBank, which opened for business here in 2006 and notched its first profitable calendar year in 2009, slid back last year to a net loss of slightly over $1 million, according to data it has filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.That

City and county consolidations, although a popular topic when local governments are under extreme fiscal pressure, haven't been shown nationally to produce the savings that advocates might expect.That's the conclusion of one of two new studies a