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North Bank sportsplex research to move forward

PFD will inspect, test site across from park
April 23, 2015
Judith Spitzer
Research into a proposed $27 million sports field house is moving forward following an agreement giving the Spokane Public Facilities District the go-ahead to inspect the mostly city-owned property north of the Spokane River, near Riverfront Park, says Ke
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—South Henry Studios

General aviation flight center planned at Felts Field

Museum to lease space at west end of structure
April 23, 2015
Kim Crompton
A Spokane investor group named EFT LLC plans to develop a 40,000-square-foot, $2.8 million general aviation flight center at Felts Field municipal airport in East Spokane, says Tim Gump, managing member and part owner of EFT. Western Aviation Inc., a fix
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UW says WWAMI program growth is in jeopardy

Senate budget proposal amounts to funding cut
April 23, 2015
Mike McLean
The Washington state Senate budget proposal would put the Spokane-based portion of the five-state medical education program known as WWAMI in peril if it wins out over the House version of the budget, says Dr. Paul Ramsey, the CEO of University of Washing
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—Judith Spitzer

Spokane's sick leave rules gain ground

Opinions on proposed citywide policy vary widely
April 23, 2015
Judith Spitzer
Spokane City Council members on Monday evening voted to assign a work group to study the possible implementation of a mandatory sick and safe leave policy that would require businesses in the city to give their workers the opportunity to earn sick leave h
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—Kevin Blocker

UTC Aerospace mulls expansion

Parts maker now employs 170 people on West Plains
April 23, 2015
UTC Aerospace Systems is considering an expansion at its big West Plains manufacturing facility, a company spokeswoman says. The company currently occupies a 135,400-square-foot building at 11135 W. Westbow Blvd. and employs 170 full-time workers there,
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Community colleges prioritize entrepreneurship

Avista Corp. supporting programs at both SCC, NIC
April 9, 2015
Inland Northwest community colleges are beginning to take on a business ownership angle in some of their course offerings. Both Spokane Community College and North Idaho College have entrepreneurship programs into which Spokane-based Avista Corp. has inve
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WSU program looks to fulfill hospitality training

Online courses designed to help working students
April 9, 2015
Nancy Swanger
Spokane has long enjoyed strong-rooted success in community involvement and with marquee local events such as Hoopfest and Bloomsday, both of which draw national participation. Add to this the construction underway at the Davenport Grand Hotel, and it's
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