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North Idaho town annexes land for future development

Property owners request inclusion of 400 acres, eye urban renewal district

July 2, 2009

The Oldtown, Idaho, City Council has approved a request by a group of property owners to annex about 400 acres of land into the small town, doubling its size and paving the way for future development. The annexation should be finalized soon, for

EWU plans to build $60 million science center in Cheney

University is seeking pre-design services, eyes occupancy by 2015

July 2, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Eastern Washington University says it plans to construct a $59.9 million science center on its Cheney campus to supplement a nearly 50-year-old science building that it says has become inadequate.EWU received $400,000 from the Washington this on

Yard care sans gas, smoke

July 2, 2009

David Cole

Tavis Schmidt says it was his young son who drove home for him the irony in the pollution people generate while sprucing up their home's little piece of nature—their lawn, shrubs, and trees.Schmidt, 34, of Spokane, says that while toiling a

24-lot business park planned at Liberty Lake's west edge

Land-use application for 30-acre commercial project notes Garco ties

July 2, 2009

Mike McLean

A development company with ties to Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, is planning to develop a business park on the west edge of Liberty Lake north of Interstate 90, according to documents on file in that city.Ted Williams Partnership, which a

Cd'A plans $72 million in wastewater plant upgrades

Shannon Industrial is constructing building to house test systems

July 2, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The city of Coeur d'Alene is embarking on a nine-year plan to upgrade its wastewater treatment facility, at a cost of about $72 million, to comply with anticipated stringent new water-quality standards. The city recently approved amendments to a

Real estate company here prevails in profiteering suit

Jury finds some NAI Black agents violated standards, but awards no damages

July 2, 2009

Kim Crompton

A heated legal dispute between a former Spokane County prosecuting attorney who felt he'd been wronged on a real estate deal and one of Spokane's largest commercial real estate companies ended recently with a jury here finding that three company a

ReliOn's sales grow offshore, lag in U.S.

Hydrogen fuel-cell maker loses ground in timetable for becoming profitable

July 2, 2009

Mike McLean

Growing telecommunications markets worldwide have helped Spokane Valley-based fuel-cell maker ReliOn Inc. expand its sales reach, but some of its largest U.S. customers in that industry are holding back on capital purchases due to the recession and

Sales weaken for high-tech manufacturers

Companies combat lull with job cutback, efforts to broaden customer base

July 2, 2009

David Cole

High-tech manufacturers here have seen sales decline in 2009, causing them to cut jobs, seek new markets, and mine current accounts for new opportunities.Meanwhile, the sales outlook for the rest of the year is hard to read, but looks like more a

Wanted: your children

Day cares here face lagging demand in down economy

July 2, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Day-care services here are struggling with falling demand, as people pull their children from centers and services located in homes because they are out of work."We've had a massive amount of calls from child cares starting about a month ago a &

Economy puts brakes on exec pay

Overall compensation falls 3.6 percent; base pay drops sharply

July 2, 2009

Paul Read and Paul Read

Executive pay at publicly traded companies here fell last year for the first time since 2000, as the beleaguered economy caused corporate performance—now a bigger factor in how execs are paid—to swoon.Many public companies now base pay