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Golf season's start dampened in Spokane

Weather causes delays after Valentine's Day opening last year

April 13, 2017

The wind stiffened and the rain increased when Rod Tamura stepped back from his attempt to chip onto a green at Downriver Golf Course in northwest Spokane last week. As the elements subsided, Tamura looked at his playing partners-Jamie Tamura and Joe S

Cheney credit union develops West Plains branch

Membership has expanded 17 percent since early 2013

April 13, 2017

Mike McLean

Cheney Federal Credit Union has started construction on its second branch, which will be located at the south corner of Westbow Boulevard and Aero Road, near the Interstate 90-Medical Lake interchange, says JoAn Sanders, CEO of the credit union. The 2,70

Oil, coal train measure aims for ballot

Some call initiative illegal, worry about taxpayer cost

April 13, 2017

Mike McLean

One proposed ballot initiative that would put restrictions on oil and coal shipments via railroad through Spokane for public safety reasons is in the signature-gathering process, while another that sought to ban such shipments outright by codifying people

Guest commentary by Mike Flynn: Mark Few puts 'nice guys' clichÃ© to rest

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April 13, 2017

Mike Flynn

One of the most noteworthy accomplishments of Gonzaga University coach Mark Few in his team's inexorable march toward the NCAA National Championship game, despite falling short in the finale, may have been the destruction of the oft-quoted axiom that

The Journal's View: Sprague catalyst vision is promising

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April 13, 2017

Staff Report

The soon-to-be-constructed University District Gateway Bridge that will connect the Riverpoint Campus to the East Sprague neighborhood and the lower South Hill medical district is exciting in its own right, but the only way it will fulfill its potential i

Valley Fire Department's protection rating boosted

Update said likely to lower insurance costs for many

April 13, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

A recent upgrade to the Spokane Valley Fire Department's fire protection rating likely will mean reduced insurance premiums for property owners in the cities within its coverage area, officials say. Melanie Rose, the department's community affairs o

Atlas Staffing opens first branch office in Oregon

Company eyes additional growth in Western states

April 13, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Valley-based Atlas Staffing Inc., a staffing and recruiting firm, says it has opened its first Oregon branch office. The company's CEO and founder, Josh McKee, says Atlas has been growing quickly in the years since its 2011 start.

McDonald's tabs Spokane for mobile-order testing

New service launched at 51 restaurants in region

April 13, 2017

Oakbrook, Ill.-based McDonald's Corp. has rolled out mobile, to-go ordering beta testing at 51 restaurants across the Inland Northwest. Mark Ray Jr., owner of North Idaho Food Services Inc., which operates five McDonald's restaurants in Post Falls an

Extended-stay hotel opens after long renovation

Old Solar World complex rehabbed over two years

April 13, 2017

Mike McLean

Lee Carney, principal and general manager at Turning Leaf Townhomes extended-stay lodging on Spokane's North Side, says the facility is now fully operational after two years of room-by-room rehabilitation of the former Solar World Estates complex. Turn

$1.5 million project slated at Music City Building

Structure to be converted to living, commercial uses

April 13, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based developer GVD Hospitality Management Services Inc. plans to start work this month on a $1.5 million renovation project at the vacant Music City Building downtown, continuing work at its properties along the 1000 block of west First Avenue.