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Northern Quest project nears completion - Art only

December 10, 2009

Pillars border a roughed-in hot tub and swimming pool waiting to be finished on the ground floor of the new hotel at the Kalispel Tribe's Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights, where a 10,000-square-foot spa will be located. The hotel a

Trading Co. Stores starts $1.5 million remodel of Spokane Valley location

December 10, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Spokane-based Trading Co. Stores has begun a $1.5 million project to remodel the interior of its Spokane Valley supermarket.Gary Morgan, vice president of Trading Co. Stores, says the company is undertaking a complete remodel of the store, at E.

Cd'A mental health clinic buys building

Move to former Ink Well planned for this month will double current space

December 10, 2009

Mike McLean

Aces Community Services Inc., a Coeur d'Alene-based mental health clinic with a satellite office in Wallace, Idaho, says it has bought a building and plans to move its main operation there this month. Its new home will be in the former Ink Well

State licensing department increases fees for programs

Landscape architects, cemeteries among those hit

December 10, 2009

David Cole

The Washington state Department of Licensing has increased fees related to several professional licensing programs, including for landscape architects and providers of crematory services.The state also will increase fees for real estate licenses

Upscale barber-shop chain to move its South Hill outlet

Weldon Barber location relocates from 57th to 29th

December 10, 2009

David Cole

Spokane-based Weldon LLC, which operates the Weldon Barber salon-for-men chain, plans to move its South Hill outlet from its current location on 57th Avenue to a smaller space on 29th Avenue, in the Grapetree Village development near Applebee's & a

Longtime bistro, music venue in C'dA reopens

Dispute over ownership, now resolved, had closed Wine Cellar for two months

December 10, 2009

Mike McLean

The Wine Cellar, a popular bistro and jazz and blues venue in downtown Coeur d'Alene, has reopened at its longtime location after having been closed for two months during a dispute over ownership of the business and the building it occupies, its at

Store pitches 'No Baloney' slogan skyward

National Furniture owner paints decade-long slogan, store name on store roof

December 10, 2009

David Cole

Mark Barnes, owner of National Furniture Store Inc. here, is looking towards the heavens with his new marketing effort—displaying the store's name and longtime "No Baloney" slogan on its rooftop in hopes of grabbing attention from airline and

Exchange Publishing closes in Valley

December 10, 2009

David Cole

Exchange Nickel Want Ads, a weekly classified-advertising publication here, has closed its Spokane Valley office, says Aaron Spurway, one of the partners in the business.Spurway says the Valley operation, which occupied about 1,200 square feet a

City gauges interest in Monroe lot

It expects to seek lease, development proposals for parcel in February

December 10, 2009

Kim Crompton

The city of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department is seeking letters of interest from potential developers of a one-acre lot it owns at the northeast corner of Monroe Street and Bridge Avenue, near Riverfront Park.The parcel, slightly over an

Food-bank supplier leases warehouse space in Valley

Northwest Harvest opens fourth distribution center to serve state's food banks

December 10, 2009

Mike McLean

Northwest Harvest, a Seattle nonprofit food distributor to 300 food banks statewide, says it has leased 13,600 square feet of warehouse space at Spokane Business & Industrial Park, which will help it improve its services here.Shelley Rotondo, to