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Ken Roberts Investments starts Small Mid Value strategy fund

Ken Roberts launches Small/Mid Value strategy to tap smaller companies

May 10, 2012

Ken Roberts Investment Management Inc., of Spokane, says it has expanded its offerings to include a new Small/Mid Value strategy."Our firm has always had a fundamentally driven value-investment philosophy in buying companies that appear to be of

Red Lion Hotels investors put on hold calls to oust board members

Investor group says it will await results of Red Lion effort to maximize value

May 10, 2012

Treva Lind

An investment group with ownership interest in Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels Corp. is taking a wait-and-see approach before pressing a demand that three company board members be removed, following Red Lion's announcement that it's willing to pursue

The Wolff Co. plans $24.5 million apartment complex in Spokane Valley

Beach House apartments would include 216 units along Indiana extension

May 10, 2012

Mike McLean

The Wolff Co., a Scottsdale Ariz.-based real estate investment firm with Spokane roots, plans to develop a $24.5 million, 216-unit apartment complex in Spokane Valley.The complex, to be called Beach House Apartments, is to be located on 30 acres

City to spend $300 million to reduce sewage entering river

City plans $300 million in upgrades by late '17; meanwhile, flows surge

May 10, 2012

Chey Scott

Starting this year and continuing through the next five years, the city of Spokane's wastewater management department plans to invest around $300 million into upgrades intended to greatly reduce the volume of combined stormwater and untreated sewer

Key Tronic's sales, earnings grab notice of investors

Sharp rise in share price in recent months follows sales and earnings peaks

May 10, 2012

Treva Lind

Key Tronic Corp., the Spokane Valley provider of electronic manufacturing services, has in the past year nearly doubled the number of client businesses for which it makes multiple products, ranging from household goods to medical a sharp rise in $6

Eclectic renewal shapes Spokane's South Perry District

Historic neighborhood gets several new businesses in recent years

May 10, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane's South Perry District, on the east side of the lower South Hill, has seen a lot change in the last several years, with one of the most noticeable progressions being the number of new businesses setting up shop there.Since the beginning

Coldwater Creek reinfuses its brand

Retailer focuses on core goods while searching for profitability

May 10, 2012

Mike McLean

Coldwater Creek, the Sandpoint, Idaho-based specialty women's apparel and accessories retailer, says it's seeing early signs that its turnaround strategies are taking hold, although it's not expecting an overnight return to profitability.While a

In the News

May 10, 2012

May 8 / Hecla's earnings plummetHecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, reported first-quarter net income of $12.4 million, or 4 cents a diluted share, down sharply from $43.2 million, or 16 cents a diluted share, in the same quarter last year. It a

Calendar

May 10, 2012

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Incorporated will hold Good Morning Greater Spokane on Friday, May 11, at 7:30 a.m., at the Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post. The topic will be "Changing Times, Changing Tide: A Midyear Look at the Regional Economy."

Making sure the 'golden years' don't lose financial luster

Preparing for retirement requires formulating realistic spending rate

April 26, 2012

J. Todd Edmonds and Darcy MacLaren

Workers approaching retirement age are in for an abrupt change. Never mind an end to deadlines, meetings, and late nights. After decades of steadily saving money for the golden years, retirees will be thrust into a new mode: spending.When the of