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American Family Insurance recruits more agents

Company hopes to open four new locations here

January 28, 2016

American Family Insurance says it's seeking agents to fill four potential new office spaces in Liberty Lake, Spokane, Spokane Valley, and Airway Heights. The Madison, Wis.-based company sells property, casualty, and auto insurance, as well as offering

Gold Reserve strengthens its court case

Also, mining company buys claims in Alaska

January 28, 2016

An international court last week moved up a hearing date between Spokane-based Gold Reserve Inc. and the Venezuelan government as the mining company continues in its protracted battle to secure payment of a $765 million award from that South American coun

Northwest Farm Credit Services reports mixed outlook

Weather, strong dollar surpluses skew markets

January 28, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based agricultural lender Northwest Farm Credit Services offers a mixed outlook for the region's agriculture, forest products, and fisheries industries in a newly released analysts' report. Michael Stolp, Northwest FCS vice president of cons

Hayford Crossing retail center lands more tenants

Grocery Outlet, Dollar Tree, Supercuts commit to plaza

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

The developer of the Hayford Crossing retail plaza under construction on the West Plains has secured three new tenants, adding to the two earlier-announced tenants. The planned new tenants are Grocery Outlet, Dollar Tree, and Supercuts, says Mark D'Ago

Visit Spokane's Cheryl Kilday: Meeting expectations

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January 28, 2016

Linn Parish

Since Cheryl Kilday returned to the Northwest 5 1/2 years ago, the Spokane Convention Center has been expanded, a 750-room hotel has opened across from it, and a number of smaller investments have added dining and shopping options in the city's core.

Costco, county to negotiate tax-increment agreement

Warehouse retailer to use development incentive

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

Spokane County and Costco Wholesale Corp. are etching the final strokes on an agreement in which Costco would take on the financial risk for developing infrastructure that would serve land within a tax-increment financing district that surrounds a planned

Riverfront Park work to begin midsummer

First projects include rink, Howard Street south bridge

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

Nearly a year and a half after voters approved a $64.3 million bond measure to fund the first major upgrades of Riverfront Park since it was constructed for Expo '74, the first projects to be funded under the measure are set to go to bid this spring. P

City of Spokane to start working out particulars of sick-leave mandate

Council doesn't know yet how law will be enforced

January 28, 2016

Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart has asked the mayor's office to pick two advisers from his staff to join two, yet-to-be-named city council members to study how Spokane will enforce the earned safe and sick leave policy scheduled to take effe

Mulling Macy's makeover in downtown Spokane

Some believe new building tenants may bring positive change

January 28, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Macy's Inc.'s announcement earlier this month that it plans to close its downtown Spokane store by this spring as part of a series of chainwide cost-efficiency measures has raised concerns among nearby businesses about the potential negative impacts o

Spokane and Coeur d'Alene home sales, prices surge

Median price could exceed prerecession peak this year

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

The residential real estate market in Spokane and Kootenai counties last year saw the biggest upswings in home sales by total numbers and median price since the Great Recession. According to the Spokane Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service, 6