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Recycling heads to single stream

New Waste Management plant could recover more renewables
May 5, 2011
Mike McLean
A countywide—and potentially regionwide—single-stream recycling program aimed at recovering a greater amount of materials and diverting them from disposal in the waste-to-energy incinerator and landfills likely will be in place in little
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Investors buy into Gold Reserve

Bellevue groups purchase $26.6 million in stock
May 5, 2011
Linn Parish
Bellevue-based Steelhead Partners LLC and related concerns in recent months have bought $26.6 million worth of stock in Spokane-based mining-exploration company Gold Reserve Inc., say documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange earlier a
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Spalding Auto owners plan Mead salvage yard

$3 million development on 20 acres off Market could open this fall
April 21, 2011
Treva Lind
The owners of Spokane Valley-based Spalding Auto Parts Inc. have formed Pull & Save Auto Parts Inc. and are developing a $3 million, 20-acre self-service vehicle salvage yard in Mead. The new Pull & Save business, which will allow customers to in
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Small Business Watch

April 21, 2011
Tea retailer expands to space on DivisionAlice Beattie is expanding her business, B's Teas, to a space inside Spencer's Antiques & Collectibles Emporium, at 1325 N. Division, in Spokane. It also will continue to operate inside the Simply gift at
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Whitworth unveils new strategic plan

Undergrad enrollment to level off; $100 million in projects envisioned
April 21, 2011
Treva Lind
Whitworth University has approved a 10-year strategic plan that calls for slowing considerably its undergraduate growth rate while lowering its student-teacher ratio and expanding educational programs.The private Christian school, located at 300
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Golf courses await upswing

Most here expect to see rise in activity this year
April 21, 2011
Kim Crompton
Spokane-area golf courses, after enduring a drop-off in activity the last couple of years due to a weak economy and reduced consumer spending, say they expect to see at least a modest upturn in business this season.Some of the public courses here
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Black Rock says it's been re-energized

April 21, 2011
The slightly renamed The Golf Club at Black Rock has been given new vitality following a purchase of its assets late last year by a company formed by 10 homeowners in the luxury golf community above Lake Coeur d'Alene, says Greg Rowley, the new and
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Halme constructs first parts of Davenport sports facility

Fields at athletic complex to be prepared for play by 2012 baseball season
April 21, 2011
Mike McLean
The city of Davenport says it's constructing the first phase of a planned two-phase athletic-facility project that's expected to have a total cost of close to $2 million.The current $856,000 phase includes a high-school-sized baseball field, two
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Cd'A Tribe nets HUD grant to upgrade its rental housing

$500,000 to be targeted toward energy-efficient improvements to 35 units
April 21, 2011
Mike McLean
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe says it has landed a $500,000 federal grant, which it will use to update 35 residential rental units located throughout the Plummer-Worley area on the tribe's reservation in North Idaho.The Indian Community Development by
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Altered Indiana Avenue extension moves ahead

City Council delayed vote on project contract due to residents' concerns
April 21, 2011
Chey Scott
The city of Spokane Valley's plan to extend Indiana Avenue about a half mile east of Sullivan Road is moving forward after going through a minor redesign.The design was intended to address concerns that some community members had about the to a
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