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Puroclean franchisee sets up shop here

Restaurants & Retail

November 7, 2019

PuroClean, a fire and water damage restoration franchise owned by Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based PuroSystems LLC, has added a franchise here spearheaded by local residents. Jerome Matthews and Kevin Rybak will head a group of insurance agents

Couple opens Bijou coffee shop, bar in Browne's Addition

Restaurants & Retail

November 7, 2019

Kevin Blocker

Business owners Tyson and Shelayna Skidmore have opened Bijou coffee shop and craft bar, at 1945 W. Fourth in Spokane's Browne's Addition neighborhood, west of downtown.

Wellness Tree plans new store near Gonzaga

Restaurants & Retail

November 7, 2019

Kevin Blocker

Naturopathic specialists Patrick Love and Lauren Boldebuck plan to open a Wellness Tree juice bar in December on north Hamilton Street, near Gonzaga University.

Inland Capital moves headquarters to South Hill

Financial company moved to meet planned growth

November 7, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Spokane-based financial services company Inland Capital LLC has leased about 4,000 square feet of space in the Boulevard Park Office Center, at 2607 S. Southeast Blvd., on Spokane's South Hill, where it has moved its headquarters.

Inland Northwest Composite tops $11 billion

Results of Hart reports mark third straight quarterly increase

November 7, 2019

Kevin Blocker

Hart Capital Management Inc., a Spokane-based financial advising company, says the composite value of the region's seven publicly traded companies rose to $11.1 billion in the third quarter, the first time this year the composite has topped $11 billion.

CXT, MV Transportation to shutter Spokane operations

Closures to result in layoffs for a total of 136 people

November 7, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Two companies, CXT Inc. and MV Transportation Inc., are set to shutter their Spokane operations and lay off a total of 136 workers by the end of the year, according to reports from the Washington state Employment Security Department.

Credit union growth shown to outpace banks

Banks still have lion's share of market, however

November 7, 2019

Kevin Blocker

Founded in 1934, it took Spokane Teachers Credit Union until 2008 to secure $1 billion in assets under management. By 2014, STCU topped $2 billion in assets. Then, earlier this year, the Liberty Lake-based credit union topped the $3

Jacobs expects to expand footprint, portfolio here

After buying CH2M Hill, engineering firm grows transportation work here

November 7, 2019

Kevin Blocker

Two years after acquiring the former CH2M Hill engineering firm, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. wants to expand its portfolio of work around Spokane the way it has in other parts of the state.

Q&A with Gonzaga University's Rosemarie Hunter

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November 7, 2019

Virginia Thomas

Gonzaga University established its School of Leadership Studies almost a year and a half ago when it renamed the School of Professional Studies and brought its existing undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree and certificate programs under one roof.