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EWU unit extends its reach with community indicators

Institute builds online data sites for Wenatchee area, Walla Walla, plans more

May 7, 2009

An Eastern Washington University institute that developed a Web-based data bank that tracks indicators about the Spokane area is using its expertise to compile similar trend information for other Inland Northwest communities. It launched two such a

Study to evaluate U-District housing market, potential

DSP hires same consultant that did downtown analysis

May 7, 2009

Kim Crompton

The Downtown Spokane Partnership, acting in its role as University District plan administrator, has hired a consultant to do an analysis of housing potential and needs in the U-District, located east of downtown.DSP President Marty Dickinson the

Fulfilling a dream

May 7, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

It all started when Raymond Alexander Bregher decided to build his dream boat. After seeing a custom-built boat that wasn't for sale, Bregher set out to build by hand his own version of the boat in his backyard in Southern California. In the end,

Disc maker touts new technology

Spokane's BlueStar says it has secured European funding, plans Rome plant

May 7, 2009

Kim Crompton

BlueStar Technologies Inc., the Blu-ray disc producer here formerly named BlueRay Technologies Inc., claims in a press release issued online last week that it has developed a system that allows consumers to record on Blu-ray discs, but still piracy

Valley ENT owners plan $6 million building

New facility to include three-room surgical suite, expanded hearing center

May 7, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

A busy Spokane Valley medical practice plans to construct a $6 million building a few blocks east of Valley Hospital & Medical Center to expand its practice, and says it will hire about 10 additional employees once that building is completed. In

Agilent eyes options for building here

Company doesn't need big Liberty Lake facility, might sell it, lease space

May 7, 2009

David Cole

Agilent Technologies Inc., the Santa Clara, Calif.-based scientific-instrument maker with a large facility in Liberty Lake, is considering multiple options for the structure, including possibly selling it and leasing space elsewhere in the area, is

Foreclosures here low on national scale

Despite increase in filings, county's tiny default rate ranks among best in U.S

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Despite a one-third increase in foreclosure actions in the first quarter compared with the year-earlier period, Spokane County's default rate was among the lowest in the U.S.'s metropolitan areas, says RealtyTrac, a national foreclosure data the of

Vinyl window maker here buys another

Cascade Windows acquires Portland-area manufacturer with high-end product line

May 7, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Cascade Windows, a longtime Spokane Valley manufacturer of vinyl windows, has acquired a Portland-area window maker with more than 100 employees and a high-end window line that will broaden Cascade Window's product mix.Randall Emerson says he &

WSU sees need to expand here

Master plan update envisions additional 370,000 square feet

May 7, 2009

Richard Ripley

Washington State University Spokane's managers believe the school's branch campus here will need 370,000 square feet of additional space by 2015 to accommodate growing demands.That amount of net new square footage is an estimate developed part a

Project pipeline at Fairchild huge

Runway work, new fuel line, housing upgrades on list

May 7, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

As much as $260 million in construction work is under way or planned in the near term at Fairchild Air Force Base, including a replacement of its runway, a major fuel-line project, and a continued overhaul of base housing, military officials of the