Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. has split its consumer products and paperboard division into two operations in a move that the forest-products company says reflects the vitality of its consumer-products business.Potlatchs consumer-products makes...
Full StoryThere are threads of optimism in nearly every economic sector here as the year comes to a close. Whether Inland Northwest businesses can weave them into significant economic gains in 2003, only time will tell. At the least, the consensus opinion is...
Full StoryMetropolitan Mortgage & Securities Inc., the big Spokane-based financial-services company, has reported net income of $3.9 million for its 2002 fiscal year ended Sept. 30, which marks a significant rebound after enduring two years of losses about a...
Full StoryWindow Products Inc., the big Spokane vinyl-window manufacturer, is moving its headquarters to Liberty Lake because the company is growing so quickly its overflowing its current central office. Window Products plans to move in February into...
Full StoryIn a manner of speaking, Spokanes Deborah Wittwer sidestepped her way into business. For many years, Wittwer coached a competitive jump-rope team here called Side Steps, which grew through the late 1980s and 1990s, competing in a national on...
Full StoryFor Empire Health Services CEO Tom White, the best thing about 2003 is that its not 2002.Last year, the nonprofit parent of Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital & Medical Center suffered a net loss of about $18 million, eliminated its...
Full StorySpokane-area highway construction companies face a rough road ahead due to an expected precipitous drop in Washington state Department of Transportation-funded roadwork.Also, some planned projects within the new city of Spokane Valley could be...
Full StoryA 4-year-old Spokane company that cut its teeth assembling computer servers and workstations for schools and colleges, expects now to ride a wave of growth making digital video recorders for a big international electronics manufacturer.The PC a...
Full StoryPayne Financial Group Inc., a Missoula, Mont.-based insurance and financial services agency, quietly has opened a Spokane office and hired some veteran agents from other agencies offices here. Payne opened its Spokane office about three ago,...
Full StoryPlans are being discussed for a 15,000-seat domed stadium that would be built on property near the Northern Quest Casino, in Airway Heights.Tim Bainter, who owns the Spokane Nightmare semiprofessional football team here and is involved in the a...
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The need for Mead: Over $1 billion in developments planned
Handful of hotels change hands in Spokane in recent months
Restaurant closures pile up in Spokane area
Coffee, sandwich shop finds footing in GU area
Latinos En Spokane preps homeownership cooperative
Spokane real estate mogul Harlan Douglass dies
