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Graham wins bid to build new Yakima high school

$78.7 million project will replace aging structure; completion set for 2013

September 22, 2011

Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, has won a $78.7 million job to construct a high school in Yakima to replace an older, smaller one.The Yakima School District lists $106.6 million as the total cost to build and equip a modern, a

Hanson builds retail structure by Valley mall

Verizon Wireless to take majority of new building near Jo-Ann Fabrics site

September 22, 2011

Treva Lind

Hanson Industries Inc., of Spokane Valley, is developing a two-bay retail building in its Market Pointe I shopping complex that will be anchored by a Verizon Wireless store.Carl Guenzel, a Kiemle & Hagood Co. real estate broker here who is the a

Spilker hopes to build on stack of work

Longtime brickwork contractor has 10 jobs, employs 75 in a rebound from a slow 2010

September 22, 2011

Mike McLean

Spilker Masonry Co., of Spokane, has stacked up a number of jobs that will amount to a sizable improvement over last year, and it hopes to continue to build on that momentum, says Mike Spilker, the company's president.The company, which in and a

Lydig set to land big prison job

Walla Walla penitentiary work worth $26.8 million to include inmate housing

September 22, 2011

Mike McLean

The Washington state Department of Corrections says it expects to award a $26.8 million construction contract to Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc.The project will include constructing two housing structures and a kitchen expansion at the in

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Caterpillar moves earth

Local subcontractors handle site preparation, pour concrete for $42.7 million project

September 22, 2011

Mike McLean

Construction has started at the Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. plant planned on the West Plains, and local subcontractors are moving earth and laying the foundation work for the huge facility.Caterpillar declines to disclose the cost of the

Avista eyes $1.7 billion in upgrades

Energy demand is projected to go up 1.6 percent a year during next two decades

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

Avista Utilities projects it will need to spend $1.7 billion over the next 20 years to add or improve efficiency of power-generation capacity to meet a projected 1.6 percent annual increase in electric power demand.The vast majority of that - - -

Web developers here go mobile

Experts advise research before investing in popular technology

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

As the number of smartphone users increases, several Spokane-area web-development firms are taking advantage of those trends by developing mobile applications for businesses both here and elsewhere.Some Inland Northwest-based businesses also have

Food & Restaurant Watch

September 22, 2011

Cupcake venture sets up in Millwood kitchen Sweet & Stout Co., a startup bakery that makes cupcakes with beer in the batter, has opened in Millwood.Sweet & Stout is leasing a 1,080-square-foot commercial kitchen at JP Fossil Creek, at 4302 &

Small Business Watch

September 22, 2011

Furniture store opens; art outlet in the worksPicture Peddler Inc., an artwork manufacturer based in Elk, Wash., has opened a furniture store at 40212 N. Newport Highway north of Spokane and plans to open a seasonal artwork outlet in the Mall a

Father-son team takes over Schaffer's

Company founder retires, another former co-owner stays there as employee

September 22, 2011

Mike McLean

Schaffer's Towing, a longtime Coeur d'Alene towing service, has new owners.Tim Vulles says he and his son, Terry, have acquired the business. Vulles declines to disclose the terms of the transaction.The new owners decided to take over the a a