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Sport Scope startup logs early growth

Inov8-backed company expects to end year with sales of nearly $2 million
September 12, 2013
Katie Ross
Spokane startup Sport Scope Inc. has marked a 50 percent revenue growth this year, its second year of business, says general manager and co-owner Derek Taylor. The company, which manufactures specialty pole-mounted end-zone cameras for sporting is
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In the News: August 29, 2013

August 29, 2013
Aug. 26 / Gonzaga launches new schoolGonzaga University said it has established a School of Nursing and Human Physiology, its first new school in nearly 40 years, and has named Brenda Stevenson Marshall to be the school's dean. The new school in
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Small Business Watch

August 29, 2013
Mel's plans move to Wandermere areaMel's, previously known as Mel's Nursery and located at 8800 N. Division, has sold its former location to Wendle Motors and plans to reopen in mid-October in smaller quarters in a multitenant retail building
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Eliassen might be last of his kind

August 29, 2013
Mike Flynn
Jon E. Eliassen, who has epitomized the phrase "entrepreneurial encore" since his first "retirement" a decade ago, actually may be moving closer to real retirement, at the age of 66, as he steps down from the role of president and CEO of Red Lion a
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EWU trustees, faculty union agree to three-year contract

New accord is expected to raise pay to levels consistent with peers
August 29, 2013
Katie Ross
Eastern Washington University says in a press release that its board of trustees has ratified a three-year contract between the university and the United Faculty of Eastern, the union representing EWU faculty. The contract, which takes effect a
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Command Center reports drop in second quarter 2013 earnings

Staffing firm's net income declines as focus changes to increasing profit margin
August 29, 2013
Treva Lind
Command Center Inc., a Coeur d'Alene-based temporary staffing company, has posted second-quarter net income of $473,000, down nearly 44 percent from a net income of $843,000 in the same quarter a year ago.Command Center reported second-quarter a
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Sullivan Bridge replacement project is back on track

Lower cost estimate puts $15.4 million project within reach of funding
August 29, 2013
Mike McLean
The Sullivan Road Bridge replacement project is back on the front burner with new lower cost estimates and funding contingencies that make the project viable, after a vital part of the project funding was left out of the state transportation bill a
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Mixing up country-style flavor

August 29, 2013
Kim Crompton
One way to help ensure the continued availability of a product you like—albeit an unusual one—is to buy the company that makes it.That's exactly what Lorrie Bos did 10 years ago, when she acquired the assets of Country Harvest Inc., a
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Avista Corp. is borrowing $90 million

Company plans to use loan to refinance bonds, repay part of credit line
August 29, 2013
Linn Parish
Avista Corp., of Spokane, has secured a $90 million loan from Union Bank N.A., of San Francisco, the company disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month.Avista says in the filing that it plans to use
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