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Northwest Farm Credit issues mostly upbeat forecast

Fruit tree crops doing well; weather hampers wheat

July 20, 2017

Despite delays due to a wet spring, this season's outlook is positive for most of the Northwest's food and agricultural industries, says Spokane-based agricultural lender Northwest Farm Credit Services in its latest report. 'We're cautiously opti

Taking recreation to new heights

West Plains health complex to be completed in late '18

July 20, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

The city of Airway Heights is set to begin construction this fall on its planned community recreation center. Plans for the project, which is being funded through a $13 million bond approved by voters last August, call for the construction of a two-story

RiskLens secures $5 million in new capital

Money to be used to meet strong customer demand

July 20, 2017

Spokane-based RiskLens Inc., a software company that helps businesses and organizations analyze their exposure to cyber risk, says it has secured $5 million in venture capital from four different investors, including one here. Spokane-based Kick-Start, O

Costco environmental decision appealed

Planner says finding not likely to be overturned

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

A resident of the Camelot neighborhood, located across the Newport Highway from the planned Costco site north of Spokane, wants a more thorough environmental review of the project. Tom Cooney, a retired attorney, has appealed the county's findings-ca

Sweet Annie's Artisan Creamery: Sweetness by the scoop

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July 20, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Annie Stranger smiles as she leans across the counter of her ice cream cart in the Perry Street Farmer's Market, handing another freshly scooped cone to a waiting customer. 'I like bringing people the experience of a flavor they haven't tried-a

Spokane-area home values, sales marching upward

Median price for first half of year reaches $205,000

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

Home sales here are continuing strong growth both in numbers sold and in median sales prices, says Tom McArthur, a spokesman for the Spokane Association of Realtors. In the first half of this year, 3,530 homes were sold through the association's Multip

Spokane Tribe preps for industrial push

Spokanes envision 155-acre 'green' business park, solar farm next to STEP site

July 20, 2017

The Spokane Tribe of Indians is laying the ground for its next ambitious step on the West Plains-developing a 155-acre 'greenâ€ industrial park to support its goal of creating its own utility company that would generate and distribute solar energy.

Inland Northwest executive pay rebounds

Average compensation increases 3.8 percent

July 20, 2017

Linn Parish

Total compensation rebounded last year for executives at Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies, according to the annual analysis conducted by the Journal of Business. Average annual total compensation in 2016 for 41 executives from the eight p

Avista to be acquired by Toronto utility in $5.3 billion transaction

Company's headquarters to remain in Spokane

July 19, 2017

Linn Parish

Avista Corp., the longtime Spokane-based utility once known as Washington Water Power Co., announced this afternoon that Toronto-based Hydro One will acquire it in a transaction valued at $5.3 billion U.S., or $6.7 billion Canadian. The transaction has

Two Spokane Valley factories imminent

Katerra Inc., Progress Rail likely to announce plants

July 6, 2017

Mike McLean

Progress Rail Services, of Albertville, Ala., and Menlo Park, Calif.-based Katerra Inc. might be gearing up to announce soon their plans to construct plants that that could lead to hundreds of living-wage manufacturing jobs in Spokane Valley