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Riverfront Park work to begin midsummer

First projects include rink, Howard Street south bridge

January 28, 2016

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

St. Luke's increases role of Pilates in its rehab regimens

Exercise method said well-suited for women

January 14, 2016

St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, at 711 S. Cowley, has incorporated more Pilates-related training into rehabilitation regimens for patients in recent years.

Using 'language of music' as therapeutic tool

Practitioner often treats artistic, sensitive people

January 14, 2016

Stacey Denny

Kim McMillin describes music as her language, one she has helped others become fluent in through her business, The Center for Music Therapy.

Working out niches

Boutique, women-focused studios grow in number here

January 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Among the popular fitness trends in recent years-including in the Spokane area-is a growing number of personalized fitness studios, or boutique gym settings.

Community Frameworks eyes East Sprague project

Proposed 36-unit complex would cost about $8 million

January 14, 2016

Community Frameworks, a nonprofit low-income housing advocacy group, has submitted a pre-development application to the city of Spokane for an envisioned 36-unit, low-income residential complex that would be developed at the southwest corner of Sprague Av

Garco to construct $29 million Mead middle school project

Site work for big project slated to start this spring

January 14, 2016

The Mead School District has selected Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, as general contractor for the planned $29 million Northwood Middle School.

Associated Construction starts Deaconess project

Patient-room renovations slated on two top floors

January 14, 2016

Associated Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on interior improvements to the top two floors of the 10-story, patient-room tower at Deaconess Hospital, located at 800 W. Fifth on Spokane's lower South Hill.