Wells Fargo & Co. has been recognized as the green building leader among financial institutions in a new report published by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Each employer should be able to determine its own sick-leave policy as part of its overall benefits package, rather than have that policy dictated by city government. The Spokane City Council should take off the table its proposal to mandate sick leave to

Comcast Corp., the Philadelphia-based cable company, announced this afternoon that it has selected Spokane as one of three sites at which it will develop new customer-support centers. The Spokane center is scheduled to be up and running later this year

Avista Corp., of Spokane, announced this morning that it has reached a partial settlement agreement with the Washington state Utilities and Transportation Commission on proposed electric and natural gas general rate case filings. Under the partial agre

Development company 940 N. Ruby LLC, owned by San Clementine, Calif.-based Larry Simon and David Schneider, plans to break ground next week on a six-story, 61-unit apartment building on the west edge of the Gonzaga University campus. Work on the develo

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, said this afternoon it has agreed to acquire the assets, including franchise licensing agreements, of Hendersonville, Tenn.-based GuestHouse International LLC. The transaction is valued at up to $10 million, Red Lion

Business and civic leaders in and around Hillyard deserve kudos for continued work to improve a northeastern Spokane neighborhood rich in railroad and industrial history, but economically downtrodden and underdeveloped for decades. Active business owner

Former Spokane banking executive Patrick J. Rusnak, who was credited here with helping to bring AmericanWest Bank back from the brink of collapse, has been named to take over as chief financial officer at Los Angeles-based PacWest Bancorp this fall.