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Transportation work here to top $140 million in '13

City, DOT both plan improvements on Francis Avenue

March 14, 2013

More than $140 million in new and continuing transportation-related construction projects are planned this year countywide, including at Spokane International Airport.Projects include rehabilitation work through the city of Spokane's 10-year of

Residential activity begins to accelerate

Though still well below pre-recession pace, developers, builders enthused

March 14, 2013

Kim Crompton

After a long period of decline, the residential construction market began to show a few signs of rejuvenation here last year, and builders and developers say that upswing clearly is accelerating this year.Last year, the city of Spokane and a of

Rendering Courtesy of Madsen Mitchell Evenson & Conrad PLLC

Education projects under way, queued-up top $380 million

List of school district jobs, sizable university contracts fuels building through '13

March 14, 2013

Treva Lind

Construction activity on school campuses will remain steady in 2013, with more than $380 million in major projects under way or expected to begin this year at Spokane Public Schools and local college campuses.The Spokane school district has in a

Construction gaining momentum

Big projects in pipeline fuel optimism for steady industry improvement

March 14, 2013

Mike McLean

Construction momentum is continuing to grow here following significant gains in total valuation of projects permitted here last year, some industry observers say.Major projects under construction or planned for this year in the Spokane area $625

Huppin's to close downtown store

March 14, 2013

Huppin's Hi-Fi, Photo & Video, the longtime Spokane-based electronics retailer, announced today it plans to close its downtown Spokane store, at 421 W. Main, and consolidate retail operations here at its outlet on the North Side, at 8016 N. Huppin,

Don't overlook oft-forgotten retirement expenses

Cost of living, taxes are bound to rise; health care costs can grow quickly

March 14, 2013

Michael Maehl

In talking with people about retirement, I've found a few areas that tend to be regularly overlooked. The reasons for that range from simply not having thought of them to not having any plan for how things change once you're actually retired. are a

In the News: March 14, 2013

March 14, 2013

March 11 / County's growth boundary expandedSpokane County commissioners voted unanimously to expand the county's urban growth boundary, adding about 6,000 acres of land for residential development and 1,000 acres for commercial and industrial a

March 14, 2013

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a business connections breakfast on Friday, March 15, at 7 a.m., at Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center, 1100 N. Sullivan. Sherriff Ozzie Knezovich will present an of in

Small Business Watch

March 14, 2013

Facility maintenance company opens hereSuperior Maintenance Solutions LLC, an Everett, Wash.-based facilities maintenance business, has entered the Spokane market, says Matt Biggerstaff, Spokane general manager for the company.Biggerstaff, a

Spokane Turbine Center buys two buildings at Felts Field

Pilot training organization has invested $2.7 million in property improvements

March 14, 2013

Jessica Valencia

Spokane Turbine Center, a missionary-pilot training nonprofit started here in 2008, has bought from Spokane Airports two structures at Felts Field that it previously had leased. One is a 24,000-square-foot hangar, and the other is a two-floor CEO a