Among the recent winners at the Spokane Regional Marcom Sparks Awards ceremony was a comic strip, "By All Accounts," created last year by accounting firm LeMaster Daniels. The company wanted to use the strip as an internal tool to shed light on some of the…
Spokane Teachers Credit Union on Thursday announced Vice President Tom Johnson will take over as CEO when Steven L. Dahlstrom (in photo) retires in December.On May 24, Johnson will be promoted to executive vice president, in preparation for the handoff of the CEO reins.Dahlstrom has…
Avista Corp. saw its earnings drop in the first quarter, and officials with the Spokane company say weather was largely to blame.“We had a challenging first quarter because our region experienced one of the warmest January to March periods on record combined with low precipitation…
Three area groups and their ad agencies won the top awards in the recent Spark Awards, presented by Spokane Regional MarCom Association, made up of area marketing and public relations professionals.About 80 different Spark awards were presented to groups, businesses and associations for creative work.…
Did it make any difference when Itron Inc. CEO and President Malcolm Unsworth met with President Barack Obama in a Rose Garden ceremony last week?The Itron stock symbol seems to tell the story.On Friday morning, April 30, Itron shares opened at $80.45. That morning Unsworth,…
Website datacenterknowledge.com recently listed the 10 largest data centers in the world. Landing at No. 9 is the Microsoft Data Center in Quincy, in the heart of Grant County. Officially, the website made Quincy 9A, with Microsoft's San Antonio data center 9B.The photo above shows…
Starting next Monday and running for three days, Washington and Idaho managers can earn certification in a downtown Spokane program designed to elucidate the ins and outs of global exporting. The three-day program offers two different courses at the Academic Center of the Riverpoint WSU…
Sterling Financial Corp. today announced new investments that could fulfill the Spokane institution's need for additional capital.Thomas H. Lee Partners, which last week committed $134 million to the recapitalization effort, will increase its investment to $170 million.Sterling said it will also offer, in a private…