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Longtime produce seller to open store in Hillyard

Market to feature goods from Inland Northwest

June 8, 2017

Jack and Mary Green, of Spokane, have bought a 3,500-square-foot, single-story retail building at 4915 N. Market, in the Hillyard community, where they plan to open Green's Fresh Market this month. The store initially will be a produce market, selling

Newly formed Scout Real Estate finds that industry appeals to attorneys

Owner here adds partner, plans to diversify services

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Scout Real Estate Group LLC, a newly established brokerage here is growing quickly, thanks in part to its owner's background in the practice of law. The company's owner and managing broker, Brian Bean, is an attorney who initially became interested

Appraiser shortage hits both private, public sectors

Profession has been losing workforce in recent years

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

Filling a national shortage of real estate appraisers comes down to a matter of compensation catching up with demand, says Michael Robinson, owner of Hearthstone Appraisal PLLC, of Spokane. He adds, however, that some forces within the industry don't

Deaconess seeks to soften labor, delivery experience

Nitrous oxide gas, 'gentle' C-section among options

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

While managing the experience of labor and delivery can be a difficult task for any woman, Spokane obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Lori Smetana says hospitals here and across the nation are working to make things just a little bit easier. 'Women tod

New breast cancer nonprofit emerges in Spokane

Advocates here opt to end affiliation as Susan G. Komen chapter

June 8, 2017

Deb Barnes, president and CEO of Every Woman Can, says the newly created nonprofit dedicated to breast cancer awareness soon will start seeking to move the topic of the disease more pointedly into the discussion of health care in general. The new nonpro

Spokane Business & Industrial Park's occupancy peaks

Big complex shuns pot industry, benefits from space absorption elsewhere

June 8, 2017

Crown West Realty LLC executive Dean Stuart says the Spokane Business & Industrial Park's current 98 percent occupancy rate is the highest he's seen in his 17-year tenure with the company. SBIP, located at 3808 N. Sullivan, has a total of 5 million s

Editor's Notebook: Fairchild announcement brings hope

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June 8, 2017

Linn Parish

The U.S. Air Force gave Spokane economic development advocates reason to cheer-and alleviated some fear-when it announced earlier this week that it would be expanding the size of the Fairchild Air Force Base's air-refueling fleet. Twelve KC-135

$12 million medical office building eyed on lower South Hill

Plans call for six-story structure, multilevel garage

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

A $12 million medical and professional office complex envisioned at the base of Spokane's lower South Hill is in the early planning stages. Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, recently submitted a predevelopment application to start the

The Journal's View: State transportation budget bodes well for Spokane

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June 8, 2017

Staff Report

Although the Washington state Legislature, now in its second special session, is struggling mightily to reach agreement on a 2017-19 operating budget, stirring anxiety as a July 1 deadline approaches, transportation advocates here have reason to celebrate

Itron expands 'smart' island project in Tonga

Company says program will unify utility networks

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. has signed a contract with the Tonga Water Board, the Kingdom of Tonga's government-owned water utility, to deliver its OpenWay Riva IoT product for water. Located in the South Pacific just over 3,000 miles east of Austra