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Eller wins Sprague rebuild job after third bidding cycle

Kalispel Tribe had rebid $2.5 million project twice due to some technicalities

January 19, 2012

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians has selected a general contractor after seeking bids a third time for its planned project to move and reconstruct a stretch of Sprague Avenue located just south of the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway tribe to

Small urban planning firm lands jobs both near and far

Studio Cascade looking to enter more markets; had highest income in '11

January 19, 2012

Chey Scott

Community planner Bill Grimes often becomes so deeply immersed in the cities and towns he does work for that he feels a personal urge to move to some of those places."It's amazing how much you learn about a community, and you make lasting with a

Contractors Northwest is low bidder on Chelan job

Project involves upgrades to wastewater complex worth about $4.9 million

January 19, 2012

Treva Lind

Coeur d'Alene-based Contractors Northwest Inc. has submitted an apparent low bid for a $4.9 million project to upgrade portions of a wastewater treatment system that serves the city of Chelan in Central Washington.Contractors Northwest President

Graham builds out spaces in big Deaconess building

Latest in series of projects involves top floor offices for Spokane Pulmonary

January 19, 2012

Treva Lind

Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, recently began work on a $540,000 project to build out top-floor medical spaces for a pulmonary care practice in the 10-story Deaconess Health and Education Center, just west of Deaconess plans to

Jobs, work rallied late, AGC says

Construction employment grew; activity hit 17-month high in last months of '11

January 19, 2012

Associated General Contractors of America

Construction employment increased in December by 17,000 workers, driven by gains in nonresidential construction employment, says an analysis of federal employment data released earlier this month by the Associated General Contractors of America. of

Spokane-area building permit figures rise after four-year decline

Increased activity in county offsets drops in Spokane, Spokane Valley

January 19, 2012

Mike McLean

The total value of building permits issued countywide in 2011 notched its first tick upward following four years of declining totals, records for Spokane County and the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley show.The permit valuations for last in

Investors look to Spokane, Coeur d'Alene apartment markets to boost returns

Investors said turning to multifamily housing to boost returns

January 19, 2012

Mike McLean

More total apartment units are under construction and coming on line here than there have been in several years, some Inland Northwest apartment market observers here say.Some investors and developers are betting the number of renters will to of

Small Business Watch

January 19, 2012

Chocolate Myracles moves to larger spaceChocolate Myracles' Chocolate Shop & Chocolate Factory has moved to a 1,000-square-foot leased space at 11616 E. Montgomery, in Spokane Valley.The European-style confections company, which has been a

Don't get rankled over rankings

January 19, 2012

Editor's Notebook

Spokane is No. 1, right? Well, actually, it's ninth. Except for when it's 19th. Or when it's 51st. Or 77th. Then there was the day recently when Spokane was tied for worst. That was the day Forbes magazine published its ranking of cities by for

Local online religious publication launches

January 19, 2012

Religion News LLC, a Spokane-based nonprofit organization affiliated with Religion News Service, in Washington, D.C., has launched a local online publication called Religion News Spokane. The publication covers religion news in the Spokane area