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Auto dealers fight the fight in tough time

Amidst recession, some also have dealt with fear of cuts from both Chrysler and GM

May 21, 2009

When the letter from Chrysler LLC arrived at Spokane Valley's Dishman Dodge last Thursday, general manager Mark Waltermire says he couldn't be sure what it would say.Chrysler had announced plans to sever ties with 789 dealerships across the and I

Antiques business gets creaky

Brick-and-mortar stores struggle to compete with Web sites

May 21, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Antique dealers here say their industry is struggling and many brick-and-mortar stores are closing, due in part to changes brought by the accessibility of Internet shopping.Owners of the businesses that remain say foot traffic is down, and that a

Northern Quest gets set to staff up

Tribe to add 400 workers, mostly at casino, yet this year

May 21, 2009

Kim Crompton

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians, which operates the expanding Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights, says it expects to add about 400 employees by the end of this year there, mostly to staff an upscale hotel and luxury spa complex it's is

Real Estate Roundup

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Miller's Towing Service LLC, a new Spokane Valley towing and vehicle-storage service, has leased 2,200 square feet of warehouse space at 110 N. Dale. Snookie Anderson and Mike King, both of Stonemark Real Estate Co., handled the Real Estate-North &

Camco Construction lands WSU building job in Pullman

Children's Center to get additional space; child- care enrollment is up

May 7, 2009

David Cole

Camco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $620,000 contract to build an addition to the Washington State University Children's Center, in Pullman.The 46,000-square-foot building, located at 1425 SE Olympia Way, will be expanded of

Town & Country gets a facelift - Art Only

May 7, 2009

Stejer Development LLC, of Spokane, is remodeling the exterior of its Town & Country Shopping Center, at 808 W. Francis, which will look like this when it's finished. Nystrom Olson Collins Inc., of Spokane, designed the project, and Kilgore Inc.,

MDM Construction awarded $4.2 million sewer-water job

Ponderosa-area project to make sewer services available to 200 homes

May 7, 2009

David Cole

MDM Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, is the apparent low bidder for a $4.2 million project to lay both sewer lines and water mains in the West Ponderosa area south of Spokane Valley.Mark Stiltz, a Spokane County project manager, says the is

Better Bed & Back store relocates near River Park Square downtown

May 7, 2009

David Cole

Better Bed & Back, a specialty furniture and mattress store, is moving to downtown Spokane from the North Side, so it will have more showroom space and a more central location, its owner says.Tom Weldon, who owns the store with his wife, Janet,

Owners of food distributor file for bankruptcy

Separate petitions include same debt of $1.4 million

May 7, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The co-owners of a longtime food distribution company here each have filed individual Chapter 7 liquidation filings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here.Kwang Chen Liu, with co-debtor Mei Hway Liu, made one of the bankruptcy filings, and Tchung-Yen Liu

SBA lenders seeing boost due to stimulus incentives

Fee waiver encourages rise in loan applications after slow start to year

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Some lenders participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration's Spokane District loan programs say they expect loan volume to take off, following a dismal start to the year.The Spokane-based Northwest Business Development Association is a