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Plane painter planning new hangar at SIA

New facility would require 50 to 100 more employees; headquarters move slated

November 3, 2011

Associated Painters Inc., the Everett, Wash.-based commercial- and military-aircraft painting company with operations at Spokane International Airport, is taking preliminary steps to add a second hangar at the airport to accommodate a backlog in a

Aerospace sector ramps up here

Industry organizes in hopes Boeing will expand here

November 3, 2011

Treva Lind

Inland Northwest aerospace proponents are shoring up an already strong industry coalition here in anticipation that Chicago-based Boeing Co. may eye West Plains sites for any plant expansion to meet a high demand for single-aisle jets.Much of an

Demand Energy makes its move

Power-storage company pursues 'queen on chessboard'

November 3, 2011

Linn Parish

Three years after its inception, Liberty Lake-based Demand Energy Networks Inc. has brought its energy-storage technology to market and is expecting exponential growth in coming months. Led by a veteran team of Spokane-area entrepreneurs and in

Nonprofits sprout after disaster; few survive, study shows

Most organizations formed to help 9/11 victims aren't solvent now, research finds

October 20, 2011

News Wise

More than 250 new nonprofit groups developed after the 9/11 attacks and generated nearly $700 million in the first two years of operation. In exploring why so many nonprofits sprang up after the disaster, and how they performed once established,

Entering next phase of tax-return preparer compliance

Many still must pass test demonstrating their knowledge of Form 1040

October 20, 2011

Gaylene Lewin

If you paid someone to prepare your tax return and that preparer didn't obtain a Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) by last Dec. 31, you may receive a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. In 2010, the IRS released its findings and

Olive Crest seeks to expand support to foster, at-risk kids

Nonprofit uses charity gifts to reach more rural youth and launch new programs

October 20, 2011

Treva Lind

A Spokane nonprofit that focuses on private foster care services and related support programs has reached a bit farther this year because of recent charitable gifts.The Olive Crest Eastern Washington office based in Spokane is licensed by the to

Pushing right donation plea hot buttons

Study finds some donors respond best to goal focus, others to campaigns' progress

October 20, 2011

News Wise

People who see the "glass as half empty" may be more willing to contribute to a common goal if they already identify with it, say researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Chicago, and South Korea's Sungkyunkwan to the a

Tax-relief measures set to expire; big changes loom

This year's reprieve from major revisions said calm before reform

October 20, 2011

Mike McLean

Federal rules for the current tax year are loaded with reprieves and compromises on many of the measures that were up in the air at this time last year, although many of those concessions likely are temporary, tax planners here say.Expect big in

Time is trumping money

Nonprofits seeing decline in funding feel boost from increase in volunteerism

October 20, 2011

Chey Scott

With financial resources constrained due to the weak economy, some nonprofit social-service agencies here say supporters appear to be stepping up their donations of time and effort as an alternative to cash contributions.The increased part of it

State's plan to limit Medicaid patient ER visits draws fire

Some symptoms deemed nonemergent might signal serious conditions, docs say

October 20, 2011

Washington State Medical Association

Washington state's new plan to limit Medicaid patients to three nonemergency visits to the emergency room each year will put the most vulnerable members of society—including children—at risk of serious harm, three statewide organizations