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Community colleges adapt to online curricula

Teachers use online resources, simulations, virtual labs for now

April 23, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has presented a number of challenges to every facet of life, as businesses shutter or adapt practices to keep serving their customers.

Quest for knowledge: Virtual learning gains popularity at Post Falls software company

Manufacturing software provider introduces daily webinar series for kids

April 23, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Quest Integration Inc. rarely offered online training. Now, the Post Falls-based company, which sells and provides support of manufacturing-design software and hardware, is providing all training

Q&A with cybersecurity expert Heather Stratford

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April 23, 2020

Virginia Thomas

In times of turmoil, there are always people who seek to exploit the chaos for their personal gain. That's why cybersecurity is more important than ever, says Heather Stratford, owner and CEO of Spokane-based cybersecurity company

Incyte opens new clinical lab in Spokane Valley

Company anticipates taking on COVID-19 antibody testing

April 23, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Spokane Valley-based pathology services company Incyte Diagnostics has launched a new clinical testing laboratory to serve hospitals and clinics throughout the northwestern U.S.

Protecting paychecks in Spokane

Spokane employers bring back workers as checks come in

April 23, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Nearly $7 billion of the total $348 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration have gone to businesses in Washington, including a number of employers in the Spokane area.

Many national tenants opt not to pay April rents

Retailers, others refer to pandemic as 'force majeure'

April 23, 2020

Natasha Nellis

The commercial real estate sector is taking a hit as business shutdowns and significant cash flow declines force some companies to miss their rent payments, while some in the industry contend that businesses are choosing not to pay.

$85 million in new development envisioned at Schweitzer

Early snow, coronavirus delayed new hotel work; opening pushed back

April 23, 2020

Kevin Blocker

The owner of Schweitzer Mountain Resort envisions about $85 million worth of enhancements at the North Idaho ski resort over the next decade, executives there say.

End of Metropolitan Mortgage saga is in sight

Final distribution likely by late September

April 9, 2020

Kim Crompton

Investors who lost huge sums when Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. and affiliate Summit Securities Inc. shut down about a decade and a half ago should recoup a final, small portion of their money by this fall.

Guest Commentary: Nonprofits both needed, more in need during crisis

Fundraisers interrupted â€¦

April 9, 2020

Carla Cicero

The COVID-19 crisis has clearly rocked our community. Businesses are pivoting to continue operating remotely or reinventing their business models to meet consumer needs. Many are adjusting to the 'new normalâ€ of social distancing.

The Journal's View: Amid pain of virus pandemic, hopeful notes begin to ring

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April 9, 2020

Staff Report

While our hearts go out to family, friends, and colleagues of victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, we're also seeing that these worst of times can bring out the best in people. And despite current economic pain and the sacrifices that come with the social