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Inventor set to roll out all-purpose car device

Spare Me 5-1 Rescue tool to hit retail shelves this fall

July 2, 2015

A Spokane-area man has created a tool that he says can be used for five-different functions, ranging from a small snow shovel to a traction device in bad weather. Kevin Klier of Colbert, Wash., says both Napa Auto Parts and O'Reilly Auto Parts have agr

Lanzce Douglass ponders 26-story mixed-use tower

Project location would be at vacant muffler shop site

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane developer Lanzce Douglass is proposing to construct a mixed-use high-rise at the former Downtown Midas Muffler location, at the southeast corner of Division Street and Spokane Falls Boulevard, a predevelopment application on file with the city of

K&L Gates law firm to shutter its downtown office

Prominent law firm expects to exit market by year's end

July 2, 2015

International law firm K&L Gates LLP says it will close its Spokane office by the end of the year. Philip J. Carstens is the administrative partner of the firm's office here, located on the third floor of a downtown building at 618 W. Riverside that'

Tate Technology founder, partner roll out new water softening device

Electronic treatment said environmentally friendly

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane entrepreneurs Lee Tate and Daniel Phinney say they'll begin marketing this month an electronic device they've developed that treats hard water to prevent lime-scale deposits from forming and reduces existing deposits without the use of salt, c

Car sales climb in Inland Northwest

SUVs, crossovers, trucks said in highest demand

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

New vehicles sales here are the strongest in years due largely to rising consumer confidence and high demand for sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles, and pickups, several Inland Northwest dealers say. Mark Waltermire, general manager at Dishman Do

Young restaurateurs cook up a fresh dining scene

New generation of owners find their niche, expand Spokane's dining options

July 2, 2015

With six years of college, four different majors, and no degree earned, Matt Goodwin still had no idea what he wanted to do for a living as he started bartending at Fast Eddie's Bar & Grill in 2000.

Greater Spokane Incorporated aims to raise area's GPA

Organization devising plan to address weak grades

July 2, 2015

Kim Crompton

Like a lagging, but motivated student looking to remove the blight of a few bad grades from an otherwise praiseworthy report card, Greater Spokane Incorporated has begun developing recommendations aimed at improving areas of competitive weakness here reve

INB parent to acquire Bank of Fairfield

Transaction valued at about $20.75 million

June 24, 2015

Staff Report

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, has agreed to acquire Fairfield Financial Holdings Corp., which owns Bank of Fairfield, in a transaction valued at about $20.75 million. Based in Fairfield, Wash., a smal

Rental home redeveloper branches into contracting

Kelley Developments eyes external construction jobs

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Keith Kelley, a Spokane residential rental property redeveloper, has launched Kelley Developments LLC, a contracting business. Kelley also heads up Kelley Rental Properties LLC, of Spokane, which owns and manages 10 Spokane-area properties. Kelley Devel

Seattle investors buy two multifamily properties

Mortgage broker's office here provided financing

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Newmark Realty Capital Inc. has arranged $6.1 million in financing for a Seattle-based real estate investment group's acquisition of two Spokane multifamily rental properties with a total of 148 apartment units, says Demetri Koston, vice president at Ne