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In the News: August 12, 2010

August 12, 2010

Aug. 5 / Avista's net income dips slightly Avista Corp., of Spokane, reported second-quarter net income of $25.5 million, or 46 cents a diluted share, down slightly from $25.9 million, or 47 cents a share, in the second quarter of For

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August 12-26, 2010

August 12, 2010

Meetings & Events The Washington State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration will host a community roundtable, titled Working Together to Create Change, for minority and women contractors on Tuesday, 17,

Dentist, podiatrist to develop South Hill medical building

Project to be located next to Grand Corner complex, cost more than $2 million

July 29, 2010

Kim Crompton

Longtime Spokane dentist Dr. Stan Sargent says he and podiatrist Dr. Borys Markewych plan to develop and move their practices into an 8,600-square-foot medical building near the intersection of Grand Boulevard and 37th Avenue. The structure will

Putting on an international project event under the gun

Beacon Hill had 20 days to ready gala for BMW plant

July 29, 2010

Richard Ripley

When a joint venture that includes the automaker BMW Group telephoned from Germany on June 10 to ask Beacon Hill Catering & Events to submit a proposal to put on a groundbreaking, the small Spokane company knew it would face logistics issues and a

Ingots on the Internet

July 29, 2010

Kim Frlan

Businesses as diverse as cabinetmakers, motorcycle accessory dealers, tattoo parlors, giftware wholesalers, and antique reproduction manufacturers need metal parts. If they want to make their own, they'll need a foundry, and Lost & Foundry, of has

Farm Credit's CEO to retire at end of 2010

July 29, 2010

Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Spokane-based federally chartered ag-lending cooperative, has announced that longtime President and Chief Executive Officer Jay Penick will retire at the end of the year, and that Phil DiPofi, chief banking of to

Pend Oreille PUD sets transmission line project

$1.5 million contract let for construction; poles, other items cost $1.9 million more

July 29, 2010

Richard Ripley

The Pend Oreille County Public Utility District has awarded a $1.5 million contract to Potelco Inc., of Sumner, Wash., to build a 115-kilovolt power transmission line between the district's Diamond Lake substation and a lot where it will build its

Bankruptcy filing pace slows down here

Attorneys say workload remains steady; North Idaho filings jump 25 percent

July 29, 2010

Kim Frlan

Filings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here continued to grow during the first half of this year, but at only a 4 percent pace, well below the 44 percent jump in the first six months of 2009 and the 31 percent jump during all of last year. Meanwhile, in

Sawtooth to leave mall; sushi on way

July 29, 2010

Kim Frlan

Sawtooth Grill, located on the main floor of River Park Square downtown, says it's looking for a space to relocate. Meanwhile, a Seattle-area sushi restaurant says it plans to take Sawtooth's space. "Our lease was up, and we couldn't negotiate a

County looks to offload land on West Plains

$2.3 million final payment made late last month on 200-plus acres there

July 29, 2010

Kim Crompton

Spokane County was forced late last month to borrow money from its treasurer's office to make a $2.3 million balloon payment due on more than 200 acres of West Plains land that it bought to facilitate the Geiger Spur rail line relocation project a