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Davenport Grand Hotel is off to strong start

Worthy concern booked 20K rooms before opening

June 18, 2015

Don't plan on staying at the posh, Davenport Grand Hotel between July 7 -11. It's booked. The hotel will be at capacity when it hosts its first official group of convention attendees-1,300 sales reps from the national company Essential Oils. And fo

SCC looks to keep aerospace momentum rolling

State to kick in money when federal grant ends

June 18, 2015

Though federal funding from an Air Washington worker retraining grant will end in the fall, Dave Cox, dean of Spokane Community College's technical education division, says he's confident the department will continue to grow.

Exotic Metals plans project is wrapping up - Art only

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June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Small Business Watch

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June 4, 2015

Staff Report

STA must learn from last election

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June 4, 2015

Staff Report

As the Spokane Transit Authority returns to the drawing boards following a razor-thin defeat of its Proposition No. 1 ballot measure, the organization should listen carefully to its harshest critics and those who backed the proposal with reservations. Wi

First of five bond-funded Post Falls school projects rises

Architects West designed middle school expansion

June 4, 2015

Mike McLean

Construction is under way on a $3.1 million expansion project at River City Middle School, in Post Falls, says Scott Fischer, the project architect with the Coeur d'Alene design firm Architects West Inc.

Ignoring harm of mandatory wage

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June 4, 2015

Paul Guppy

One definition of 'irresponsibleâ€ is to push for a policy idea that affects thousands of people, then when you win refuse to recognize the harm your idea is causing in people's lives. That is the position $15Now! advocates are in right now. Seattl

Elmer erects addition in Valley for FedEx

Distribution site expansion will be completed this fall

June 4, 2015

Mike McLean

A major expansion project is under way at the FedEx Ground distribution center in Spokane Valley.

Central Valley school district starts grocery building remodel

$8.6 million project slated to be finished in early '16

June 4, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Central Valley School District started work in late April on a project to convert a former Yoke's Fresh Market building into new quarters for Barker High School and the Central Valley Early Learning Center.

Age-bias claim against Scafco Corp. gets tossed

Job performance cited as reason for dismissal

June 4, 2015

An appeals court has upheld a Spokane County Superior Court judge's decision to dismiss an age-discrimination claim filed by a former employee of Spokane-based Scafco Corp. Founded in 1954, Scafco Corp. is a manufacturer and direct supplier of steel fr