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LabCorp to acquire PAML

Transaction expected to be completed next year

February 23, 2017

Laboratory Corp. of America Holding, a Burlington, N.C.-based company that does business as LabCorp, announced this afternoon that it has agreed to acquire Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, as well as PAML's interest in a number o

$20 million Northern Quest expansion planned

Work to start this spring on new retail space, RV park

February 22, 2017

In an effort to diversify its business operations, the Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority, an entity of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, says it will break ground soon on a nearly $20 million expansion to Northern Quest Resort & Casino. The expansion wil

Small cybersecurity company here looks to expand

Despite its size, IT Training Solutions has long client list

February 16, 2017

Kim Crompton

Heather Stratford-Geibel is a rarity in her profession. She is CEO of IT Training Solutions, a Spokane-based company that specializes in cybersecurity, but also provides instruction and consulting in other facets of information technology. Research shows

Smartphones increase exposure of company information

Simple steps can help reduce likelihood of data compromise

February 16, 2017

Robert Crossler

The recent technology boom has given rise to a world where people check their smartphones an average of 150 times per day, and much of that activity happens within mobile and social apps that are connected to sensitive information. The younger workforce

North Star fully occupied; addition mostly reserved

Cd'A retirement center promotes active lives

February 16, 2017

Mike McLean

North Star Retirement & Assisted Living Community, in Coeur d'Alene, has been full for the last year, and a planned new addition is almost completely reserved, says Becky Georgius, a family adviser and marketing specialist at North Star. The growing

Editor's Notebook: Tourism deserves strong investment

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February 16, 2017

Linn Parish

Washington state is considering a stronger investment in the tourism sector this year, with proposed legislation that would establish the Washington Tourism Marketing Authority. Whether that will happen this year remains unclear-the state Legislature

The Journal's View: Mayor right seek more input on Monroe Street project

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February 16, 2017

Staff Report

Spokane Mayor David Condon recently instructed city staff members to do some additional vetting of a planned multimillion-dollar project on North Monroe Street that's intended to improve safety, enhance the streetscape, and reconfigure traffic there. W

PuroClean eyes Spokane, Coeur d'Alene for possible franchises

Company specializes in damage restoration

February 16, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

PuroClean, a fire and water damage restoration franchise owned by Florida-based PuroSystems LLC, says hopes to add 60 new franchisees to its network this year, including two operations in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area. PuroClean provides fire and smok

Liberty Lake consultant generates backup plans

Hurricane Sandy inspired PowerCheck's beginnings

February 16, 2017

Mike McLean

As New Jersey businesses struggled to recover from Superstorm Sandy in late 2012, Mark Jacobus says he felt motivated to launch a company to help businesses and organizations secure programs and systems to ensure they can rely on backup power when the gri

New Wolffy's restaurant opens on West Plains

Menu differs from that at family's U District eatery

February 16, 2017

Mike McLean

A second Wolffy's restaurant has opened here, this one in Airway Heights. The restaurant, Wolffy's Breakfast, Burgers & Brew, is located in a 2,600-square-foot former Taco Time building at 12807 W. 14th. The restaurant is operated by the same family