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Sports: It's in the bag

September 27, 2012

Curtis Medlen, 47-year-old co-founder of Spokane Valley-based Sport SAQ USA Inc., says he first got the idea 20 years ago to create athletic bags with specially-designed compartments to carry the gear specific to a sport such as basketball.As in

Long-envisioned aerospace museum lands lease at Felts Field

Airport board approved third of an acre location unanimously last week

September 27, 2012

Jessica Valencia

The Spokane Airport Board has agreed to lease land at Felts Field Airport to the Armed Forces & Aerospace Museum as a potential site for the long-envisioned museum.Larry Krauter, CEO for Spokane International Airport, says the three-year lease a

Two Unicep Packaging executives buy company

Purchase culminates packaging concern's succession strategy

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Two Unicep Packaging Inc. executives, Marcus Anderson and Clint Marshall, have bought the assets of the Sandpoint, Idaho-based contract packaging company from its founder John Snedden, and now are operating it as Unicep Packaging LLC, the company a

$25 million-plus development to advance at Beacon Hill

$25 million-plus project with 256 living units could start next spring in East Spokane

September 27, 2012

Treva Lind

Envisioned since 1983, a large Beacon Hill development could start next spring with the first-phase construction of a $25 million-plus, 256-unit townhouse-and-apartment complex at the base of that hill in East Spokane.Beacon Hill Spokane One by

Franchising seen as future at Red Lion Hotels Corp.

Hotel chain continues to add new franchisees as it sheds its properties

September 27, 2012

Linn Parish

In the midst of a transition that involves selling hotels, paying off debt, and a subtle rebranding, Red Lion Hotels Corp. expects franchising to emerge as a primary vehicle for its growth. The Spokane-based hotelier has announced hotel sales in

Peppertree hotel developers toss in towel on long-stalled project

Hoteliers list long-stalled project site on Division for sale for $2.5 million

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Rita and John Santillanes, owners of the highly visible quarter-block lot at the northwest corner of Division Street and Third Avenue where a hotel construction project has been frozen in its initial stage for nearly four years, have decided to up

Silverwood Theme Park extends season with Scarywood

Scarywood, community days keep attendance on the rise

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Silverwood Theme Park's season-extending strategies, which include community promotions in September and converting the park to a spooky attraction in October, help the park continue to set new attendance records, says Nancy DiGiammarco, marketing

Photo courtesy of Triumph Composite Systems Inc.

Aircraft component manufacturer Triumph Composite to hike hiring

Aerospace supplier ramps up toward 700 workers

September 27, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane-based Triumph Composite Systems Inc., which manufactures composite interior components for commercial aircraft, expects to ramp up hiring by next year to keep pace with Boeing Co.'s scheduled production increases.Tim Stevens, Triumph a

In the News

September 27, 2012

Sept. 25 / Inland Imaging, Seattle groups to merge Inland Imaging Associates PS and Seattle Radiologists APC said they plan to combine their two professional radiology groups effective Jan. 1, 2013. With their merging, the new company will have

Calendar

September 27, 2012

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a Conversation with the Candidates on Tuesday, Oct. 2, beginning at 11:30 a.m., at Valley Hospital Education Center, 12606 E. Mission. Fourth district State Rep. Matt Shea and