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Painting and sipping on pinot

October 6, 2011

Van Gogh & Merlot, a relatively new Spokane-based business venture, is taking a more grown-up approach to painting by the numbers.Instead of apple juice and finger painting, participants of Ulysses Mireles' painting classes are most likely to be

HollisterStier is upgrading laboratory

Work includes remodel, installing new equipment at a cost of $3.5 million

October 6, 2011

Chey Scott

Jubilant HollisterStier Contract & Manufacturing Services, the big Spokane-based sterile allergy-product maker, is in the process of making $3.5 million worth of equipment upgrades and related remodeling work at its East Spokane facility, at 3525 a

Larry H. Miller plans building upgrades

Toyota, Lexus, used-car facilities downtown set for modernization work

October 6, 2011

Mike McLean

Utah-based auto group Larry H. Miller Corp. says it's planning a multimillion-dollar upgrade to its Toyota, Lexus, and used-car dealerships downtown.The automotive group has submitted preliminary plans for three projects to the city of Spokane's

WTB lands $89 million for lending

Federal funds intended to boost available credit for small business, ag

October 6, 2011

Linn Parish

WTB Financial Corp., the Spokane parent of Washington Trust Bank, has received an $89.1 million infusion from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Small Business Lending Fund. Washington Trust is one of five community banks based in Washington

New tech catapults young firm

'Augmented reality' focus could lead Gravity Jack to sales, work force growth

October 6, 2011

Chey Scott

A young Liberty Lake-based software-design venture that's grabbing hold of an up-and-coming computing technology, called augmented reality, is on such a fast growth track that its top executives say they can hardly keep up with its own demand for a

Magnuson to start online travel venture

Spokane company will run site as option to domains such as Expedia, Orbitz

October 6, 2011

Treva Lind

Magnuson Hotels, the Spokane-based hotel reservation management company, plans to launch a separate company that it says will operate as an international online travel agency.Tom Magnuson, the company's CEO, says the new venture, called Global a

Resale threads get retail surge

Several stores here buy, sell trendy used clothes for cost savings

October 6, 2011

Treva Lind

A market for selling quality used clothes well below original retail prices has flourished both here and nationally.At least a dozen for-profit stores have opened in Spokane within the past five years, including some in recent months, from those

Lender takes part of Riverstone

Trustee sale is scheduled for December; $14 million owed

October 6, 2011

Mike McLean

Riverstone developers have surrendered to a Seattle-based lender their interest in a major portion of the initial phase of retail buildings in the big North Idaho development, including the structure housing the cinema complex and the multitenant a

In the News

October 6, 2011

Sept. 30 / DSP names new leaderThe Downtown Spokane Partnership selected Mike Tedesco as its new president. He is expected to start work at the DSP this month. Tedesco previously worked as the executive director of the Pueblo, Colo., Urban Marla

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October 6, 2011

Meetings & EventsSpokane Regional MarCom Association will hold a Harnessing the Power of PR meeting Friday, Oct. 7, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Gonzaga University's McCarthey Athletic Center, 801 N. Cincinnati. Representatives from Communique PR, of