The number of retailers in Washington illegally selling tobacco to minors is high for the second year in a row. An annual report that tracks illegal sales shows about 15 percent of tobacco retailers sold tobacco to minors in 2013, which is about the same ...
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Providence Holy Family Hospital’s newly remodeled and expanded Family Maternity Center is drawing positive feedback from patients and staff, and is well positioned to handle anticipated growth in demand for its “LDRP” model, which enables women to e...
Full StoryA new rule meant to give consumers more information about health insurers’ provider networks has been published by Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. The new regulation applies to all state-regulated health plans offered both ins...
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Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. now is operating Spokane-founded Sterling Bank under the Umpqua Bank name following a shareholder-approved acquisition that cleared its last regulatory hurdle Friday, April 18. Umpqua has started changing out Sterl...
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Founded in 1934, the Spokane Firefighters Credit Union is celebrating 80 years in business this year, serving more than 2,000 area firefighters and their families, says Todd Powell, CEO for the past 10 years and a full-time firefighter with the city of Sp...
Full StoryMcAdams Wright Ragen Inc., a prominent Seattle-based financial services company that opened a branch office in Spokane two years ago, says it has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Baird, an international employee-owned conglomerate with more tha...
Full StoryNorthwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent company of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported first-quarter net income of $588,000, up from $436,000 in the year-earlier period. The company reported earnings per diluted share of 14 cents for th...
Full StoryBy the time this piece is published, it shall have been about a month since Michael Lewis went on 60 Minutes to flog his latest Wall Street-oriented book. This one is called “Flash Boys.” The boys, in this case, are those who oversee and administer th...
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Spokane Teachers Credit Union, the Spokane area’s largest credit union, has modified its home mortgage interest rate lock policy for conventional loans to make it more borrower-friendly, says Jeff Mularksi, STCU’s real estate manager for origination a...
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At least three sizable apartment complexes with a total value of $42 million are in the construction pipeline in the Spokane area and several sources say they expect to see more apartment projects proposed and under construction here in the coming year. ...
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