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Prosthetics concern plans office project

$2 million structure will provide added fabrication space, fitting rooms for patients

May 21, 2009

The owners of Thompson Custom Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc., of Spokane, plan to develop a $2 million office and production facility that will more than double the floor space the 30-year-old company occupies at its current main location.Jim who,

Garco slated to replace Freya bridge

Traffic to be rerouted for more than a year while new span is built

May 21, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $6.4 million, for a city of Spokane contract to replace the busy Freya Street Bridge. The project, which will begin between mid-July and early August, will complete a

NightHawk gets goodwill off its books

Idaho company is one of latest in area to post big impairment charge

May 21, 2009

Kim Crompton

NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, is one of the latest Inland Northwest companies to feel the financial sting of having to report a sizable write-down due to the economically depleted value of assets it was carrying on its its on

Auto dealers fight the fight in tough time

Amidst recession, some also have dealt with fear of cuts from both Chrysler and GM

May 21, 2009

David Cole

When the letter from Chrysler LLC arrived at Spokane Valley's Dishman Dodge last Thursday, general manager Mark Waltermire says he couldn't be sure what it would say.Chrysler had announced plans to sever ties with 789 dealerships across the and I

Antiques business gets creaky

Brick-and-mortar stores struggle to compete with Web sites

May 21, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Antique dealers here say their industry is struggling and many brick-and-mortar stores are closing, due in part to changes brought by the accessibility of Internet shopping.Owners of the businesses that remain say foot traffic is down, and that a

Northern Quest gets set to staff up

Tribe to add 400 workers, mostly at casino, yet this year

May 21, 2009

Kim Crompton

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians, which operates the expanding Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights, says it expects to add about 400 employees by the end of this year there, mostly to staff an upscale hotel and luxury spa complex it's is

Real Estate Roundup

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Miller's Towing Service LLC, a new Spokane Valley towing and vehicle-storage service, has leased 2,200 square feet of warehouse space at 110 N. Dale. Snookie Anderson and Mike King, both of Stonemark Real Estate Co., handled the Real Estate-North &

Camco Construction lands WSU building job in Pullman

Children's Center to get additional space; child- care enrollment is up

May 7, 2009

David Cole

Camco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $620,000 contract to build an addition to the Washington State University Children's Center, in Pullman.The 46,000-square-foot building, located at 1425 SE Olympia Way, will be expanded of

Town & Country gets a facelift - Art Only

May 7, 2009

Stejer Development LLC, of Spokane, is remodeling the exterior of its Town & Country Shopping Center, at 808 W. Francis, which will look like this when it's finished. Nystrom Olson Collins Inc., of Spokane, designed the project, and Kilgore Inc.,

MDM Construction awarded $4.2 million sewer-water job

Ponderosa-area project to make sewer services available to 200 homes

May 7, 2009

David Cole

MDM Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, is the apparent low bidder for a $4.2 million project to lay both sewer lines and water mains in the West Ponderosa area south of Spokane Valley.Mark Stiltz, a Spokane County project manager, says the is