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Conservation groups here seek to buffer watersheds

$15 million program targets 10 counties
November 3, 2016
The Spokane Conservation District is looking for regional landowners to volunteer for a conservation program that would compensate them for not growing crops near streams or watersheds on their property. The conservation district, Natural Resources Conse
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—Lookout Pass Ski Area

Winter forecast lifts ski hills' hopes

Snow resort operators expect best season in years
November 3, 2016
Mike McLean
Inland Northwest ski resort operators are anticipating a strong ski season, especially in light of long-range weather forecasts of above- average snowfall. 'The forecast is looking really good,” says Brad McQuarrie, general manager at Mt. Spokane Ski
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LeAnn Bjerken

Melting Pot restaurant in downtown Spokane changes hands

Couple use franchisor's new financing program
November 3, 2016
LeAnn Bjerken
Kim and Hollis Silva, previously employees at The Melting Pot, are now the owners of the downtown fondue restaurant, and the first franchisees with the Tampa, Fla.-based chain to take advantage of company's new Path to Grow financing program. The 8-yea
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Al French concern buys back North Side medical building

Partners look to construct neighboring apartments
November 3, 2016
Mike McLean
Al French and business partner Robert Daugherty have bought back the Franklin Park Medical Center building they developed in 2005 and sold to a California ownership group in 2009. The partners also plan to develop a $15 million-plus apartment building n
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Rockwood Health System owners posts $79M loss

Stock price sunk nearly 50 percent last week
November 3, 2016
LeAnn Bjerken
Community Health Systems Inc., the Tennessee-based hospital operator that owns Rockwood Health System here, has reported a $79 million third-quarter net loss, compared with net income of $52 million for the same period last year. Investor confidence in t
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—Linn Parish

Cyan Inc. mounts its comeback

Game developer launches first foray into virtual reality
November 3, 2016
Linn Parish
In an effort to return to the forefront of the video gaming industry, Spokane-based game developer Cyan Inc. has launched this week a version of its newest game, Obduction, that can be played on a virtual-reality platform. Rand Miller, cofounder and CEO
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Owner of NorthTown Mall, Spokane Valley Mall reports rise in net income

General Growth Properties sees boost in rental rates
November 3, 2016
LeAnn Bjerken
General Growth Properties Inc., the Chicago-based company that owns and operates both the NorthTown Mall and Spokane Valley Mall, has reported an increase in third-quarter earnings compared with the year-earlier period. The company posted third-quarter
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—LeAnn Bjerken

Program to foster young refugees ramps up here

Officials expecting 30 more placements by fall 2017
October 20, 2016
LeAnn Bjerken
Having spent the last several decades working to resettle young refugee children in the Seattle area, nonprofit human services agency Lutheran Community Services Northwest has begun to do the same in Spokane through its Unaccompanied Refugee Minor progra
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—Nicole Muskett

UW physician assistant program targets rising need

Nearly 400 providers have graduated in past 20 years
October 20, 2016
Stacey Denny
Physician assistants are playing a more vital role in health care communities across the U.S. In Spokane, many of these physician assistants are graduates of the University of Washington's MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program here. Currently
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—Kevin Blocker

WSU's sleep research center keeps growing

Budget of operation here has doubled since 2009
October 20, 2016
In the last seven years, Washington State University's Sleep and Performance Research Center has seen its annual budget more than double, a reflection of the growth and amount of work it now conducts at the Spokane campus east of downtown. The sleep ce
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