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Inland Power mulls moving headquarters to West Plains

Co-op would construct administrative offices next to main warehouse
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Inland Power & Light Co. says it is considering developing a 25,000-square-foot administrative building on the West Plains, near its main warehouse and maintenance facility, and moving its headquarters there from 320 E. Second, where its offices it
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Servatron Inc. foresees, prepares for growth here

Contract manufacturer adds space, has hired 40 workers
February 26, 1997
Emily Brandler
Servatron Inc., a Spokane Valley-based contract electronics manufacturer, says that after experiencing flat revenue growth in 2006, it expects to make strong gains this year and is adding floor space at its plant to prepare for future company has a
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Getting creative with carpet

February 26, 1997
Emily Brandler
TinaMarie Bell can really cut a rugliterally. On a typical day, Bell isnt gliding across dance floors, but rather is busy cutting pieces of carpet and fashioning them into rugs she has designed for homes, businesses, and vehicles.Bell owns
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Sylvan closing its Spokane furniture store

Though family operation here will end, Lewiston store will remain open
February 26, 1997
Rocky Wilson
Sylvan Furniture Co., a 62-year-old family-owned Spokane business, is closing its doors, according to a flyer distributed by the company. The flyer, advertising a five-day liquidation sale held earlier this month, says the business lost its at
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120-bed nursing home eyed on South Hill

Operator of three facilities here submits application to build $14 million project
February 26, 1997
Emily Brandler
Extendicare Health Services Inc., of Milwaukee, a large operator of long-term care facilities in the U.S., including three here, says it hopes to open a 120-bed, $14 million skilled-nursing center on the South Hill.The Milwaukee-based company a
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Unico buys downtown high-rise

Concern paid $36 million for Bank of America building, records show
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Unico Properties LLC, a Seattle-based real estate investment and operating company, says it has bought the 20-story Bank of America Financial Center in downtown Spokane, and plans to spend millions of dollars on improvements to it.Unico didnt
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Olympic Foods assets to be sold

New Jersey-based concern agrees to buy operation that employs 90 here
February 26, 1997
Rocky Wilson
Olympic Foods Inc., a 41-year-old Spokane company, says it has signed a letter of intent to sell its assets to Johanna Foods Inc., a privately owned manufacturer of chilled juices and beverages based in Flemington, N.J.Terms of the tentative a
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Garment maker finds stability

KL counters cheap foreign labor by turning orders quickly
February 26, 1997
Rocky Wilson
A longtime Spokane garment manufacturer that now employs just one-fifth of the 450 workers it once did says it has righted itself against tall odds and tough overseas competition and again is on solid financial ground.Joe Doohan, president of a
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Amica office here to move, expand staff

Insurer says after transition to Valley, service center will grow to 85 employees
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Amica Mutual Insurance Co. says it plans to move its 56-employee service center here to larger quarters and to add 23 employees at the center by June.The big Lincoln, R.I.-based insurer has leased about 12,000 square feet of office space at E.
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West Plains housing activity jumps

Two projects, one proposed and another starting there, would add 843 residences
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Two envisioned West Plains developments, one just proposed and the other just getting under way, would add 843 residences there, further stoking activity in a once-stagnant area where new housing starts have been heating up recently.Foursquare
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