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State park plans $20 million lodge

Mount Spokane aspires to open year-round facility for centennial in 2013, seeks design money

February 12, 2009

Mount Spokane State Park proposes to develop a $20 million lodge that would serve year-round activities at its ski resort and wants to open the facility in 2013, during the state park system's 100th anniversary.The state park is seeking $4 from

Gold continues to shine despite '08 roller-coaster ride

Some analysts say they expect it to climb back above $1,000 an ounce

February 12, 2009

Personal Investing

Historically, gold has been considered a hedge against a loss in the purchasing power of paper currencies. But no one can ever call it a comforting or predictable hedge.While gold prices ended 2008 just a bit higher than they began it, investors

In The News: February 12, 2009

February 12, 2009

Feb. 10 / Hecla completes stock offering Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, announced it had netted $71.3 million in an underwriting of 36.8 million shares of its stock and warrants to buy an additional 18.4 million shares. Hecla said

Calendar: February 12, 2009

February 12, 2009

February 12 - 27, 2009 Rig Riggins, YMCA president and CEO, and Monica Walters, YWCA executive director, will give a presentation, titled Your (New) Y, at the Spokane City Forum, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the

It's not who you know that's crucial; it's who knows you

Create strong presence that your competitors are too lazy to match

January 29, 2009

Sales & Marketing

Here's a question I've received more than a hundred times in one form or another: "How do I make a (better) name for myself?"Here is the premise, the definition, and the answer: In sales it's not who you know; in sales it's who knows you.The

Small Business Watch: January 29, 2009

January 29, 2009

Two employees buy Spokane Valley fire protection concern Two employees of Creighton Engineering Inc., a Spokane Valley fire protection consulting company, have bought the company's assets and have formed a company named S.O. Robert

Exchange-traded funds struggle, but offer alternative

Their assets have fallen in last year, but they keep growing in number

January 29, 2009

Personal Investing

The boom in exchange-traded funds ran smack into the implosion of the global financial markets.There are now 721 ETFs with $478 billion in assets, according to the Investment Company Institute. Although that's more than three times as many funds

In the News: January 29, 2009

January 29, 2009

Jan. 26 / City to cut jobs due to construction slowdown The city of Spokane said it will eliminate eight full-time positions and one part-time position in its Building Enterprise Fund Feb. 15. The cuts, spurred by a record low number

Calendar: January 29, 2009

January 29, 2009

Jan. 29 - Feb. 19, 2009 The Home-Based Business Connection will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. Ken Sanders will share "tried and true practices for turning to a

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Lilac Terrace project under way - Art only

January 29, 2009

Lilac Terrace, a 50-unit, four-story retirement housing project illustrated here, is going up at the Lilac Plaza Retirement Community complex, at 7007 N. Wiscomb. Kop Construction Co., of Spokane, is the contractor on the $9.5 million, project, and