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Colville studying location for future regional airport

City envisions possible industrial park to stimulate growth

June 4, 2009

City planners in Colville, Wash., are studying a site for a possible regional airport and industrial park there that could cost about $25 million to construct. In part, the project is intended to encourage economic development."As a planner,

Giving big rigs some bling

June 4, 2009

Ben Rascoff

Steven Hanning has been in the trucking business for more than 30 years and has seen some downright filthy wheels in that time. Dirt, gravel, and road debris assault truck wheels constantly—scratching and dulling their fine finish, he desire a

Vandervert looks to get Peirone plant

$4.6 million complex for produce wholesaler to be completed this fall

June 4, 2009

Mike McLean

URM Stores Inc. says it plans to award a $4.6 million construction contract to Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, for a 70,000-square-foot facility it plans to build on the West Plains for Peirone Produce Co., which URM owns.Dean CEO of a

Sterling seeks $6 million from Vancouver company

Clark County bank owner borrowed funds in 2008, then institution failed

June 4, 2009

Richard Ripley

Sterling Savings Bank, of Spokane, has filed suit in Spokane County Superior Court to collect $6 million plus interest and costs from Clark County Bancorporation, of Vancouver, Wash., which was closed by regulators Jan. 16, and perhaps from of or

Riverstone condos set to be offered at auction this month

Sale is latest sign of troubled times at big Cd'A development

June 4, 2009

Mike McLean

Luxury condominium units at the Village at Riverstone, in Coeur d'Alene, are set to go on the auction block June 14 at starting bid prices discounted by almost half from their original asking prices, says the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based auctioneer,

Flight service wins appellate court decision

Panel says SIA didn't have standing to use eminent domain on Spokane Airways

June 4, 2009

Kim Crompton

Spokane Airports, operated jointly by the city of Spokane and Spokane County, lacked legal authority to use eminent domain to force fixed-base operator Spokane Airways to vacate leased buildings it was occupying at Spokane International Airport, a

Doused effort to alter I-937 flickers on

Bill to revise renewable energy criteria died, but sponsor predicts rebirth

June 4, 2009

Kim Crompton

Sen. Chris Marr, D-Spokane, who spearheaded a bill in the 2009 Washington Legislature to give electric utilities more ways to meet voter-approved renewable-energy standards, predicts the main points of the legislation will re-emerge in 2010. The in

Travel industry on a bumpy ride

Industry changes coupled with recession challenge agencies

June 4, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The travel industry has arrived at a new destination.Travel agencies, already reeling from the elimination earlier this decade of their main source of revenue—airline commissions—now also are adapting to reductions in consumer travel, &

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Valley nod looms on revitalization

Approval of latest version could come this month

June 4, 2009

Mike McLean

The city of Spokane Valley appears ready to give final approval this month to the latest version of the proposed Sprague-Appleway Revitalization Plan, says Mayor Rich Munson. The city hopes to attract a variety of private development projects by

Recession-ravaged economy is breeding ground for scams

It has never been more important to protect yourself, avoid schemes

June 4, 2009

Personal Investing

In the same way that a tiger attacks the weakest wildebeest in the herd, some humans kick others when they're down.Depleted investment accounts, rising home foreclosures, and lost jobs in this recession have turned 2009 into the hunting grounds