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SHBA Festival of Homes set to begin this weekend

Free scattered-site event to showcase 38 homes erected by 20 builders

September 22, 2011

The Spokane Home Builders Association's seventh annual Fall Festival of Homes will be held over the next two three-day weekends.Once again, the scattered-site event will be free, says Bill Taylor, SHBA's membership director.Homes will be in a

State to seek stimulus funds for transportation projects

TIGER grant program to award $527 million for shovel-ready work

September 22, 2011

Mike McLean

The Washington State Department of Transportation says it plans to seek another slice of federal stimulus funds. So far, such funds have created 1,500 construction jobs in the state.The U.S. Department of Transportation is accepting applications

U.S. 95 widening project continues into next phase

$21 million third-stage contract includes work on five miles of highway

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

The next phase of work is set to begin soon on a project to widen and improve safety on a 30-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 95 in North Idaho, between Hayden and just south of Sandpoint.The Idaho Transportation Department recently awarded a $21 to

Nonprofit here renovating historic apartment building

East Central structure will house low-income residents once updated

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

A Spokane nonprofit has started renovating a 101-year-old historic apartment building it owns in the East Central neighborhood and plans to lease the building's units to low-income residents once renovations are completed.The two-story brick the

KW to launch luxury home division here

Brokerage wants unit to be prepared for turnaround in upscale housing market

September 22, 2011

Mike McLean

Prominent real estate brokerage Keller Williams Realty Spokane plans to launch a luxury home division here that will provide the franchise specialized training and worldwide marketing for high-end home sales, says broker Bruce Hardie.Hardie says

DOT seeks replacement of Lake Roosevelt ferry

On average, 150 vehicles board vessel daily; state also to improve terminals

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

The Washington state Department of Transportation recently sought bids to replace a more than 60-year-old ferry that serves travelers needing to cross Lake Roosevelt between Lincoln and Ferry counties.The Martha S., also known as the Keller 21 a

T.W. Clark begins erecting Othello elementary school

$11 million project is one of three school jobs that contractor is handling

September 22, 2011

Treva Lind

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane, began work in early August under an $11 million contract to build a new elementary school in Othello, Wash.Steve Sunleaf, a T.W. Clark project manager, says the contractor will erect a 60,000-square-foot

Kalispels to start Sprague realignment near casino

$2.8 million project will move road section south to allow for development

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians recently opened bids for a project to move and reconstruct a stretch of Sprague Avenue located just south of the tribe's Northern Quest Resort & Casino to make way for future development of land it owns there.The is

West Plains annexation prompts fire station job

Ginno starts construction of 'semi-temporary' facility north of Spokane airport

September 22, 2011

Treva Lind

Ginno Construction Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has started building a fire station near the Spokane International Airport as part of the city of Spokane's preparation to annex nearly 10 square miles of land on the West Plains.Ginno won a $932,600 for

Chase Bank branch rises along Indian Trail - Art only

September 22, 2011

The new branch for JP Morgan Chase & Co., of New York, is well under way at the Sundance Plaza shopping center, in northwest Spokane's Indian Trail neighborhood. The 4,200-square-foot branch is expected to open in November and is one of 12 new Bank