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City to start construction on last of its planned CSO tank projects

Large projects likely will continue into next year

March 29, 2018

Marlene Feist, spokeswoman for the city of Spokane's utilities department, says the city plans to begin construction this year on combined sewer overflow projects valued at about $8.6 million. 'This is the last of the CSO projects, so we're winding

Industrial developments gear up in Valley

Work starts on one big factory, is planned on another

March 29, 2018

Mike McLean

Efforts to fast-track infrastructure improvements and the construction permitting process in the 800-acre Barker-Euclid industrial area in northeast Spokane Valley have helped attract economic development there. Menlo Park, Calif.-based design-build cont

Riverstone sees commercial, residential infill

Two medical office buildings rising in urban village

March 29, 2018

Samantha Peone

2018 will be another active year for construction in the Riverstone mixed-use development northwest of Coeur d'Alene's downtown area. At 1812 N. Lakewood Drive, a $2.8 million commercial building is rising, says Tyler Baxter, clinic director and phys

Behavioral Health hospital takes shape

$34 million project to be completed this summer

March 29, 2018

Linn Parish

A new $34 million behavioral health hospital is taking form at the base of Spokane's South Hill and is scheduled to be completed this summer. The three-story, 67,000-square-foot building, which will house 100 patient rooms, is being built at 104 W. Fif

Kootenai Health launches master plan's third phase

$45 million second phase to be completed in summer

March 29, 2018

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene-based health network Kootenai Health has started work on the $12 million third phase of construction and expects to complete its $45 million second phase this summer at its main hospital campus, at 2003 Kootenai Health Way, near the northw

Return customers drive success in hospitality sector

Experience, value, image cultivate consumer loyalty

March 29, 2018

Christina G. Chi

Between an ever-globalizing world that makes traveling to exotic locales easier and increased marketing, the tourism industry has changed dramatically in the last five years. Hospitality, travel, and tourism managers and marketers are now faced with the c

Public policy can complicate firing at-will workers

Employers should learn what can be construed as wrongful termination

March 29, 2018

Timothy J. Nault

The general rule in Washington is that an employee who isn't subject to an express contract of employment can be terminated at any time, without cause. There are, however, several exceptions to that rule. The terms of an employee handbook or specific tre

Several projects rolling at Northern Quest

Expansion, RV park slated to be finished by midsummer

March 29, 2018

Linn Parish

The Kalispel Development Co., the development arm of the Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority, has projects approaching $30 million in value in the works at its Northern Quest Resort & Casino, on the West Plains. Brandon Haugen, general manger of Kalispel

Ponderosa Village retail center to go up in Valley

35,000-square-foot retail development to surround Barney's Harvest Foods

March 29, 2018

Samantha Peone

Work is expected to start in April on the first two of five planned buildings in a proposed development surrounding Barney's Harvest Foods grocery store, at 11205 E. Dishman-Mica Road in Spokane Valley, says Clyde Haase, of Spokane-based Haase Landscape

Trampoline park planned in Valley

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March 29, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

The former Safeway grocery store at 1441 N. Argonne Road, in Spokane Valley, is being remodeled into Spokane's first Altitude Trampoline Park gym. Kenda and Branden Gadish are the franchisees for the 32,000-square-foot Valley gym, which they say likely w