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Guide to help employers get workers back on the job

Effort aims to put people on clock within three days

November 20, 2014

A Washington State University Spokane nursing professor has published a guide to help employers and employees with job-related injuries get back to work, using a $138,000 grant from the state's Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP) Grant Program.

RevolutionAR looks to reform training practices

Firm uses app-based training to increase safety, efficiency

November 20, 2014

Katie Ross

Liberty Lake startup RevolutionAR Inc. is launching an employee training product, using a technology called augmented reality, with possible implications for how companies conduct safety training.

Telect to consolidate U.S. operations in Liberty Lake

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November 18, 2014

Staff Report

Telect Inc., the Liberty Lake-based manufacturer of communications networking equipment, plans to close its Plano, Texas, facility and consolidate its U.S. operations in Liberty Lake. Wayne Williams, president and CEO of Telect, says the company has no

UW's lease of downtown building approved

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November 12, 2014

Staff Report

The Spokane City Council has agreed to lease to the University of Washington the former Spokane Visitor Information Center building, at 201 W. Main downtown. UW plans to use the city-owned, 2,250-square-foot structure for business outreach, alumni acti

Trader Joe's plans North Side store

Second Spokane outlet to open in second half of 2015

November 11, 2014

Staff Report

Trader Joe's, the Monrovia, Calif.-based grocery store chain, announced today plans to open a store in the second half of 2015 in the Franklin Park Commons shopping center, at 5520 N. Division, on Spokane's North Side. The store will be the company

Trust management firm looks to expand regionally

Northwest Trustee reports strong revenue upswing

November 6, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane professional trust and estate management firm Northwest Trustee & Management Services has seen its revenues climb 35 percent in the last two years, and it expects that strong growth rate to continue, says Greg Bowman, trust investment and develop

Secured Investment Corp. runs afoul of state regulations

Meantime, Cd'A company closes its Spokane office

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

The Washington state Department of Financial Institutions has issued a notice of violation against Secured Investment Corp., the Coeur d'Alene-based parent company of a private-money lender that had been doing business here as Cogo Capital Spokane LLC.

Container hauler buys West Plains property

Zip Truck Lines owner to open satellite facility

November 6, 2014

Kim Crompton

John Wright, who owns companies in Moses Lake and Ellensburg, Wash., that haul ocean containers, has bought 10 acres of industrial-zoned land in Airway Heights and says he plans to open a satellite container yard and loading facility there. Wright says

Browne's Addition project goes on the auction block

Bank sets minimum bid for building at $850,000

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

A nearly completed multiuse building in Browne's Addition with an architectural style reminiscent of the French Quarter of New Orleans is scheduled to go to auction this month, says Shane O'Neill, an agent with Spokane real estate brokerage Coldwell B

Young Ten Capital Investment Advisors grows

Separately, firm, INB develop strategic partnership

November 6, 2014

Linn Parish

Ten Capital Investment Advisors LLC, a young independent financial advisory company co-founded by a longtime veteran of the industry, has grown substantially this year in terms of assets under management.