The Spokane area, and the Inland Northwest in general, should benefit just like the rest of the state from Boeing Co. machinists' recent approval-albeit narrowly-of an eight-year contract extension with the company. In particular, it should help ke

Valley Young People's Clinic, a group of pediatricians located in Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake, will join Providence Medical Group effective Jan. 1, Providence says. The group includes six pediatricians and three nurse practitioners who will continue

During the last five years, roughly three out of five Americans age 50 and older have provided financial assistance to members of their family, including adult children, parents, grandchildren, siblings, or other relatives, says a Merrill Lynch study rele

A Salt Lake City-based apparel retailer has opened its first store in a new division of women's fashion outlets, named Lemon Ice, in the bottom level of the Spokane Valley Mall, near the Sears store there. The parent company, DownEast, which also operat

A handful of publicly-traded banks serving the Inland Northwest reported mixed results for the third quarter, with most describing a challenging market.A couple of bank holding companies said acquisitions bolstered quarterly earnings, while some

Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, reported today a third-quarter net loss of $8.6 million, or 3 cents a basic share, compared with a loss of $1 million in the year-earlier period.The loss occurred as Hecla reported a 42 percent increase in to to