First Independent earnings increase

First Independent Capital of Nevada, the parent company of First Independent Bank of Nevada, earned $2.99 million in the first nine months of the year, a 29 percent increase over the comparable period a year ago.

The company's assets on Sept.

30 totaled $338.3 million, an increase of 37.1 percent from a year earlier, and while loans grew 41 percent and stood at $226.7 million at the end of the third quarter.

Deposits totaled $304.7 million, up by 36 percent.