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Equipment concern opens Spokane shop

Oregon-based company sells, services machines for quarry, gravel plants

January 27, 2011

Valley Equipment Co., a Salem, Ore.-based heavy-equipment sales, service, and fabrication concern, says it's opening an outlet on property it recently bought in East Spokane that formerly was owned and occupied by Spokane Machinery Co.The at E.

North By Northwest diversifies

Spokane filmmaker buys interest in DiMedia, forms new interactive company

January 27, 2011

Linn Parish

North By Northwest Productions Inc., a Spokane company best known for making movies, has bought part of a small web-design company and formed a new company, North By Northwest Interactive LLC.The move is designed to help North By Northwest to By

Schweitzer Engineering set to expand

Lewiston plant to employ 250 within three years, Pullman staff also to grow

January 27, 2011

Mike McLean

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc., the Pullman-based maker of electrical-system protection, monitoring, and control equipment, plans to break ground in February on a $10 million facility in Lewiston and hopes to start work in March on a $7

Auto sales on upward trend here

Some dealers anticipate 10 percent sales gains for second straight year

January 27, 2011

Mike McLean

Some car dealers here say vehicle sales in 2010 climbed significantly, following two years of generally dismal sales, and they expect that rebound to continue at a similar pace this year, due to an improving economy, rising consumer confidence, and

Lydig wins $91 million contract

Spokane contractor adds to its corrections portfolio with big California job

January 27, 2011

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has landed a $91 million contract for a jail-expansion project in Southern California that will nearly triple the inmate capacity of the facility there.The Adelanto Detention Center expansion project will a

Moving from 'online to offline'

Local wine blogger turns cyberventure into physical business

January 27, 2011

Chey Scott

Josh Wade took an unconventional route to launching Nectar Tasting Room, which opened Jan. 6 in downtown Spokane. Rather than opening an establishment and then looking to social media to help market it—as businesses increasingly are first with

AmericanWest retargets growth

Cash-infused bank aims for $10 billion to $15 billion in assets

January 27, 2011

Kim Crompton

Yanked back from the brink of the bank boneyard, AmericanWest Bank now is eyeing renewed expansion that its new top executives believe could elevate it to a $10 billion to $15 billion institution, possibly before the end of the decade.Currently a

Race between growth, value stocks should be tight this year

With prices, prospects all over the board, 2011 will be hard to handicap

January 27, 2011

Personal Investing

Growth versus value investing is shaping up to be a horse race in 2011.While growth stocks had maintained the lead throughout much of 2010, the performance margin between the two narrowed later in the year.Growth stocks represent companies to

In the News: January 27, 2011

January 27, 2011

Jan. 25 / City Council approves impact fees The Spokane City Council voted 4-2 to impose impact fees on new development, which will be used to pay for street and other infrastructure improvements. Before approving the fees, though, the

Calendar: January 27, 2011

January 27 - February 9, 2011

January 27, 2011

Meetings & Events Artworks Spokane will host a Nothing But Networking event for the Spokane Home Builders Association on Thursday, Feb. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m., at 15310 E. Marietta, in Spokane Valley. RSVP by Jan. 31 at www.shba.com. For