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Ignoring reality of higher wages

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December 3, 2015

The news is full of organized protests demanding a $15 minimum wage. Several cities across the nation have passed or are considering big hikes in their minimum wage. SeaTac was the first in our state to pass the $15 minimum wage, followed by Seattle and

$1 million physical therapy clinic slates on South Hill

Practice to move just north of current location

December 3, 2015

Construction of a new, 7,000-square-foot physical therapy clinic is slated to start next spring on Spokane's South Hill and to be completed that summer, says the project's architect. Shane Mercier, owner of Mercier Architecture & Planning, has desig

$1.5 million townhome project starts in U-District

Six-unit building near GU to be finished next June

December 3, 2015

Samantha Peone

Quality K2R LLC, of, Spokane, which is owned by builder Greg Kuntz and his wife, Celeste, is developing a $1.5 million apartment building, named A Stones Throw Townhouses, at 815 E. Sharp, in Spokane's University District. Greg Kuntz says the building

Dutch Bros. franchisee buys building for its headquarters

Two-story structure also has nonprofit 'incubator'

December 3, 2015

Mike McLean

Kevin Parker, co-owner GTG Ventures LLC, which operates the Spokane-area Dutch Bros. Coffee franchise, says an affiliated company has bought a 6,600-square-foot building north of downtown and has set up a central office for the franchise there. A handful

Gold Reserve prevails in court again

Venezuela still showing little inclination to pay

December 3, 2015

A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has ruled in favor of Spokane-based Gold Reserve Inc., as the company continues a lengthy battle to try to secure payment of a $760 million award owed to it by the Venezuelan government. Gold Reserve executives

Post Falls improves wastewater plant

$14.5 million in upgrades to aid biological treatment

December 3, 2015

Mike McLean

The City of Post Falls has started work on a $14.8 million upgrade project at its wastewater treatment plant, says Andrew Arbini, the city's utilities project manager. The project includes constructing a new headworks facility, two equalization tanks,

Larry Krauter: Piloting airport ops

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December 3, 2015

Linn Parish

Larry Krauter came to Spokane nearly five years ago to lead Spokane Airports, which includes Spokane International Airport, Felts Field, and the Spokane International Airport Business Park. Since then, Krauter has become a key figure in the Spokane busine

Yoke's buys former Haggen store in Liberty Lake

Supermarket shuttered on Nov. 30, after purchase

December 3, 2015

Yoke's Foods Inc., of Spokane Valley, has purchased the recently shuttered Haggen grocery store at 1233 N. Liberty Lake Road, in Liberty Lake. A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved the sale Nov. 24 as part of the sale of a large block of Haggen stores, incl

Spokane Public Facilities District is on pace for record net income

December 3, 2015

Through the first nine months of 2015, the three facilities owned and operated by the Spokane Public Facilities District generated more net income than in all of 2010, one of the district's most profitable years ever. The Spokane Convention Center, Spo

Health enrollment plans said likely to increase

Officials cite improvements to plans, payment process

December 3, 2015

LeAnn Bjerken

Washington Healthplanfinder, the online health insurance marketplace operated by the Washington Health Benefit Exchange, recently launched its third open enrollment period, which runs from Nov. 1 through Jan. 31, and some observers say they expect the num