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Moderate Means provides affordable counsel

Young statewide system links attorneys, people with moderate income

September 13, 2012

A legal-assistance program with ties to Gonzaga University's law school has started filling a previously unmet statewide need to provide affordable representation to moderate-income households, says an attorney based at the school.Called Means,

Drop in enrollment leads to law school lull

Inland Northwest schools say they choose maintaining standards over filling seats

September 13, 2012

Mike McLean

The two Inland Northwest law schools—Gonzaga University School of Law and the University of Idaho College of Law—are enrolling fewer students into their three-year programs this year than in recent years, due largely to a declining number

Community organization gets $3 million state grant

SNAP hopes to prevent about 500 foreclosures within next five years

September 13, 2012

Jessica Valencia

Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs, or SNAP, has been awarded a $3 million grant by the state to go toward its foreclosure prevention program.SNAP is one of 13 Washington nonprofits to get a portion of the $43.8 million the state received to a

Providence breaks ground on $58 million complex

Medical services provider to expand Valley presence with new outpatient center

September 13, 2012

Mike McLean

Providence Health Care, the Spokane-based medical network, has started construction of a $58 million medical center that will expand its outpatient services greatly in Spokane Valley.The 127,000-square-foot facility will be located on 11 acres a

Small Business Watch

September 13, 2012

Post Falls printer adds equipmentMinute Press, a longtime Post Falls commercial printer, has added about $105,000 in new equipment that it says will enable it to offer a high-quality product with a faster, short-run turnaround. Owner Mark the

Dutch Bros. Coffee opens new stand near Whitworth

September 13, 2012

Treva Lind

GTG Ventures LLC, a Spokane company that operates Dutch Bros. Coffee stands, has opened a new coffee outlet on Spokane's North Side, its fifth here.The business's new drive-through coffee stand is located at 8701 N. Division, at the northwest of

Motion Auto Supply opens store in Post Falls, its ninth outlet overall

Company has nine outlets in Washington and Idaho for retail, wholesale parts

September 13, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane-based automotive parts retailer and wholesaler Parts Wholesalers Inc., doing business as Motion Auto Supply, has opened a store in Post Falls, its ninth overall.The Post Falls outlet is located in a leased 5,000-square-foot building at a

Washington DOT to rework 11-mile stretch of state Route 291

Project includes portion of Francis Avenue west of Division on North Side

September 13, 2012

Jessica Valencia

The Washington state Department of Transportation is proposing a substantial repaving project of state Route 291 that tentatively is expected to start next spring.Al Gilson, spokesman for the state agency, says the project will entail about 11 a

Waste Management, others add natural gas-powered fleets, fueling stations

Avista, Waste Management motor toward a cheaper, clean-burning alternative

September 13, 2012

Treva Lind

The use of natural gas as a cheaper, cleaner-burning fuel for fleet vehicles is gaining traction among some U.S. businesses that operate route systems, including Avista Corp. and Waste Management Inc. here.The two companies are developing gas at

A unique apothecary approach

September 13, 2012

Jessica Valencia

Two Spokane women have taken an old word usually reserved for those who sell medicine to cure ailments and added a new meaning that doesn't center on prescriptions. Their downtown business focuses on providing homeopathic and therapeutic services a