Businesses here aren't taking out lines of credit to cover expenses tied to growth as much as they were before the recession, local banking executives here say, but they're optimistic that area of lending will improve in the coming here are to are

"Minha casa sua casa" is Portuguese for "my house is your house," and this phrase is the theme of Joana Deus's business here, Casa Brazil LLC.Deus, a native of Brazil, says she opened her shop last August with the intent to bring the culture and

Specialty boutiques in downtown Spokane were able to come out of the recession mostly unscathed, and some even say they've fared quite well over the last few years, despite drops in consumer spending.Some downtown shop owners say they believe is

The student-loan default rate is on the rise at some Inland Northwest colleges, though institutions here remain below the national rate, the latest available data show and education officials here confirm. That generally upward trend, combined with

More than 30 percent of all electric power is said to be lost before it ever gets to its destination, but Spokane Valley-based Flyback Energy Inc. has developed a method, called flyback switch technology, to capture and convert that lost power back