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Maker of software for pathologists lands $2.6 million

Startup Gestalt Diagnostics to market technology in Asia

March 16, 2017

Earlier this month, Dan Roark, CEO of Spokane-based Gestalt Diagnostics LLC, helped close on $2.6 million in financing from Inland Imaging Investments Inc., Inland Imaging PS, and angel investment funding from Kick-Start III and the Spokane Angel Alliance

Heeding durable power of attorney law changes

Code updated for first time since enactment

March 16, 2017

Paul D. Fitzpatrick and Kjirstin J. Graham

Do you have a plan in place if you become incapacitated and can no longer manage your financial or medical affairs? A durable power of attorney, which is a document that designates an agent to act on your behalf, is one way to allow your family to assist

Wage hike weighs on Spokane-area employers

Recent GSI survey outlines challenges businesses face

March 16, 2017

Todd Mielke, the CEO of Greater Spokane Incorporated, says a survey of its members shows a majority of respondents believe Washington state's mandatory minimum wage increase implemented at the beginning of the year is affecting their businesses negative

'Podium' project to rise at Kendall Yards

Urban village developer plans $50 million project above river

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake based real estate development company, is about to embark on a $50 million phase of construction in Kendall Yards that will include the largest project the company has taken on so far, says Jim Frank, Greenstone CEO.

Luncheon raises $120K for Sacred Heart Children's Hospital

Money from event will help expand psychiatric services

March 16, 2017

Staff Report

The 12th annual Kids at Heart lunch, held Feb. 28, raised more than $120,000, after expenses, to expand psychiatric services at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital. The lunch, organized by the Providence Health Care Foundation, was held at the Spokane Co

Second new hotel planned near Spokane International Airport

Timeline similar to that of nearby La Quinta project

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

For the second time in a few weeks, plans have emerged for a new airport hotel on the West Plains. In the latest hotel plan, the Sleep Inn/Mainstay hotel chain plans to erect a $6.3 million, 87-room hotel east of the airport, near the Geiger-Interstate 9

Editor's Notebook: Reporting live from middle school

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March 16, 2017

Linn Parish

One of my most vivid memories of junior high school involves a big kid in the cafeteria stealing the tater tots off of my lunch tray. He plucked them one by one, smiling smugly, until I stabbed him on the back of the hand with my fork. I can't remember

The Journal's View: Fairchild Air Force Base's anniversary worthy of celebration

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March 16, 2017

Staff Report

Fairchild Air Force Base, located west of Spokane, has been such an Inland Northwest fixture for so long that some residents here no doubt now take it for granted. Many probably barely notice as KC-135 Stratotankers regularly pass overhead while departing

Two sporting goods retailers coming to Spokane Valley

Big 5, Sportsman's Warehouse plan outlets

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Two sporting goods store chains are planning to open outlets within a mile of each other in Spokane Valley. One of them, Midvale, Utah-based Sportsman's Warehouse, has leased 32,400 square feet of retail space at the former Sports Authority site, near

Spokane CPA firm merges into Eide Bailly

Langenhorst & Self-Merritt was founded here in 1997

March 16, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Langenhorst & Self-Merritt, CPAs, PS, has merged its operations into the Spokane office of Fargo, N.D.-based Eide Bailly LLP, a regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm. Founding partner Hubert Langenhorst says following the merger