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Rejuvenated staffing chain looks to grow

'Temporary permanent' worker demand pushes Command Center gains

February 24, 2011

Command Center Inc., a Post Falls-based temporary staffing company with 51 offices in 22 states, posted a sharp gain in revenues last year—driven heavily by employers' reluctance to hire more permanent workers—and says it will be seeking

Downtown boutiques resist sales sag

Store owners survive in tough economy, see friendly competition grow

February 24, 2011

Chey Scott

Specialty boutiques in downtown Spokane were able to come out of the recession mostly unscathed, and some even say they've fared quite well over the last few years, despite drops in consumer spending.Some downtown shop owners say they believe is

PFD expansion plan advances

Project cost put at $60 million to $70 million; 2012 vote eyed

February 24, 2011

Kim Crompton

The Spokane Public Facilities District board was to receive a final detailed report this week on plans for an estimated $60 million to $70 million expansion of the Spokane Convention Center, which the district expects to put before voters next for

Two businesses buy, will occupy former church building on Indiana

February 10, 2011

A company formed by an accounting firm and a financial planning company here has bought a 5,100-square-foot former church building at 711 W. Indiana on Spokane's North Side, and the two businesses plan to move into the two-story structure.The &

E-commerce startup here launches custom-shelf site

Shelfwire.com allows users to customize their shelving designs online

February 10, 2011

Chey Scott

Ergami LLC, a small Liberty Lake, Wash.-based e-commerce company, has launched a website, Shelfwire.com, to offer wire-shelf storage units that can be custom designed online.Ergami President Joe Felice contends the site's online design called is

Pro Heating's assets sold to employee

Renamed Pro Mechanical shifts focus to reducing customers' energy costs

February 10, 2011

Kim Frlan

Longtime Pro Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. employee Jon Vanos has bought the assets of the 25-year-old Spokane company for an undisclosed sum and renamed it Pro Mechanical Services Inc. The commercial heating, air conditioning, and ventilation

EWU studies find little gain in regionalizing services

Government consolidating hasn't produced significant cost savings, researchers say

February 10, 2011

Kim Crompton

City and county consolidations, although a popular topic when local governments are under extreme fiscal pressure, haven't been shown nationally to produce the savings that advocates might expect.That's the conclusion of one of two new studies a

Acme Concrete submits low bid on runway rehab

$20.3 million project will help airport meet standards

February 10, 2011

Acme Concrete Paving Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder for a $20.3 million project to reconstruct part of Runway 21 at the Spokane International Airport so it meets current international visibility standards.The project involves the a

Games on wheels

February 10, 2011

Chey Scott

Video games increasingly are becoming a means of social interaction for almost every age group, and a fairly new franchise here has captured that idea through its offering of a mobile gaming unit for all types of group events.GameTruck a of with

Apartments planned on Sprague site

Walker named contractor for $5 million housing project with retail space

February 10, 2011

Mike McLean

A Spokane nonprofit concern plans to develop a $5 million, four-story work-force housing project at 1420 E. Sprague that would include 35 apartment units and ground-floor retail space.The nonprofit, Inland Empire Residential Resources, recently