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Spokane County to renovate courthouse main-floor area

Waynco submits low bid for project, but county narrows scope of work

November 20, 2008

Waynco Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the apparent low bidder, with a base bid of about $900,000, for a project to remodel a portion of the first floor of the Spokane County Courthouse.Ron Oscarson, Spokane County facilities director,

Montana pizza chain plans outlet in Cd'A

MacKenzie River to hire up to 85 workers, open its doors early next year

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

Whitefish, Mont.-based Glacier Restaurant Group LLC plans to open a MacKenzie River Pizza Co. restaurant in north Coeur d'Alene following a $500,000 remodel of a 6,800-square-foot building formerly occupied by another restaurant there.The will

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Garco lands Yakima-area jobs totaling $29.5 million

Spokane firm to construct reserve-center structures, big technical-skills facility

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has landed two big construction contracts in the Yakima, Wash., area that together total $29.5 million.One contract, worth $19.2 million, is for a three-building project at the Armed Forces Reserve Center six

Operations center rises for Cd'A bank

Mountain West to move most of its Hayden-based functions to the Lake City

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

A building that will house a new operations center for Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank is under construction in north Coeur d'Alene, says Russ Porter, the bank's president and chief operating officer.The project cost is estimated at $1.8

Montana concern plans building supply outlet here

Lumber Yard Supply buys Valley property, erects office building

November 20, 2008

David Cole

Lumber Yard Supply Co., a Great Falls, Mont., building materials wholesaler, plans to open a branch in Spokane Valley.The company has bought a 101,000-square-foot warehouse and 11 acres of property at 17524 E. Euclid, and plans to construct a a

State police building goes up in Cd'A

Boise contractor awarded $12 million project slated for completion next June

November 20, 2008

Boise-based contractor McAlvain Construction Inc. has begun construction of a new $12 million multiuse complex in Coeur d'Alene for the Idaho State Police.The complex will include a 40,000-square-foot structure, named the Linda Huff Region I a a

Patterson Hall at EWU ...(ART ONLY)

November 20, 2008

NAC/Architecture, of Spokane, is designing a proposed $30 million renovation of Patterson Hall, illustrated here, on the Eastern Washington University campus in Cheney. The project would add 32,000 square feet of floor space to the building in one

Vandervert jobs total $40 million

Work includes Wal-Marts, pizza restaurant, tire store, shopping center, day care

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has landed seven construction jobs worth a combined nearly $40 million.Of those, the three biggest jobs, which total about $35 million, are for projects in Clarkston, in southeast Washington state, and a

A glimmer OF HOPE

New-home sales log small, month-to-month rise; observers predict rebound

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

While home sales this year are well off of last year's pace, there are signs that the swoon might be easing at least when it comes to newly built homes.The sales of such homes have shown a slight uptick here since July, says Rob Higgins, vice of

Paul Mitchell school opens in the Valley

Spokane-area franchisee anticipates 100 students in first 12 months here

November 20, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

A Paul Mitchell cosmetology school has opened at 15303 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley. Paul Mitchell Schools is a franchise based in Costa Mesa, Calif.Though the school's first class, which started at the beginning of November, is small, with six