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Kaiser plans to increase efficiency with upgrades at Trentwood

$150 million dedicated to modernization

April 21, 2016

Kaiser Aluminum Corp. vice president Scott Endres says the $150 million investment the company has committed to its Trentwood plant in Spokane Valley in the next five years is vital to keeping the company competitive in the global market for its immediate

Inland Northwest ski resorts rebound

Adequate snowpack squelches slide in skier visits

April 21, 2016

Mike McLean

Five Inland Northwest ski resorts are coming off much-improved seasons following the disastrous 2014-15 snow-drought season. Brad McQuarrie, general manager at Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, says the park 30 miles north of Spokane had many outstanding

Project plans swell at Catholic Charities of Spokane

Goals include apartments for all Spokane homeless

April 21, 2016

Mike McLean

Catholic Charities of Spokane and its housing partners plan to break ground this year on multiple developments with a construction value approaching $60 million that would provide nearly 500 low-income apartment units in the Spokane area. Preliminary pla

Bothell IT company plans office in Spokane

ISOutsource to start offering services in May

April 8, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

ISOutsource, a Bothell, Wash.-based information technology consulting and support company, plans to open an office in the Spokane area next month. According to a recent company press release, a location for the Spokane office hasn't yet been chosen,

'Flipped classrooms' boost learning

Model provides students hands-on business skills

April 7, 2016

Guest Commentary

Learning exclusively from textbooks and lectures of a traditional classroom setting is no longer enough to properly prepare students with the skills required by modern workplaces. A study by the Association of American Colleges & Universities found that s

Retail buildings eyed along East Sprague

Fast-food chain said to be considering one of the sites

April 7, 2016

Cantu Commercial Properties LLC, of Spokane, is pursuing retailers for two proposed new buildings to be constructed along the 3900 block of east Sprague Avenue. The buildings would be constructed on vacant parcels at 3907 and 3911 E. Sprague, says Cantu

Baker starts constructing retail project north of 'Y'

Aspen Dental, Mod Pizza, Wells Fargo to be tenants

April 7, 2016

Mike McLean

Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, has obtained building permits to construct Heritage North, a 10,000-square-foot, three-tenant retail building that will replace two, nearly 40-year-old buildings at 9405 N. Newport Highway. Prominent Spo

Fruci firm buys former Keller Williams building

Move from longtime site downtown planned in fall

April 7, 2016

Mike McLean

Spokane accounting firm Fruci & Associates PS has bought for $1.9 million the 14,300-square-foot, single-story office building at 802 N. Washington that formerly was occupied by Keller Williams Realty Spokane. The firm plans to move there from the Fruci B

Second Einstein Bros. shop opens here

Bagel franchisee to open more stores in Spokane

April 7, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Einstein Bros. Bagels franchisee Matthew Schmidt has opened a bagel shop in the newly completed Peppertree Plaza at the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Division Street that's his second in the Spokane area and his third overall. Schmidt says he'

SYSA to consolidate its offices, bingo operations

Organization to move into building north of arena

April 7, 2016

Samantha Peone

The Spokane Youth Sports Association is consolidating its administrative offices and bingo hall into one location at 1221 N. Howard, just north of the Spokane Arena, say executive director Philip Helean and bingo director Jeff Barlow. The new location ha