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Q&A with Team Pilates' Angelie Melzer

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November 5, 2020

Angelie Melzer, owner of Team Pilates Barre & Yoga, says her life was forever changed by Pilates. The former professional ballet dancer says that she continued Pilates training throughout her ballet career, and opening her own studio for instructors

Spokane Community College offers Running Start For Careers

Students can earn diploma along with trade degree

November 5, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Spokane Community College has launched a program aimed at placing high school students on a path to a career in the trades and providing another workforce pipeline for local employers.

Target of integrity

Cd'A-based company bought by Texas firm

November 5, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Nearly seven years ago, Sean Ruggiero, a Coeur d'Alene-based financial investment adviser, started an annuity and retirement company in large part because of the financial uncertainties he experienced in his childhood.

Brews Bros to open in Wells Fargo Building

Restaurants & Retail

November 5, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Julie Katzer and her husband, Shalako 'Shakâ€ Katzer, have targeted Dec. 1 as the day they will unveil their Brews Bros Coffee Bar & Bistro in the newly rebuilt lobby of the Wells Fargo Building, at 601 W. First.

Payday lending loses favor among borrowers

Effects of pandemic might reverse trend, however

November 5, 2020

Virginia Thomas

The popularity of payday lending in Washington state has been decreasing steadily, according to data released in August from the Washington state Department of Financial Institutions' 2019 Payday Lending Report.

Recruitment of construction trade workers goes digital

ABC, contractors use online meetings, videos to build workforce

November 5, 2020

Natasha Nellis

The construction industry has long struggled to attract new workers to the field, an issue that has only been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Design Source to relocate to larger building

Renovations to begin mid-2021; interior designer plans to move late that year

November 5, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Spokane-based interior design company Design Source Inc. plans next year to move to a new, larger location at 502 E. Fifth, east of downtown Spokane, after a renovation of the 4,500-square-foot structure.

Young workers in Spokane hit hardest by job losses

25-34 age group files greatest percentage of pandemic-related claims here, data show

November 5, 2020

Kevin Blocker

With seven months of employment data in the books since the spread of COVID-19 to the U.S., a somewhat clearer picture of the region's jobs scene has emerged.

Cannabis sales surge in Spokane County

Increase in activity here outpaces state as whole

November 5, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Fiscal 2020 was a banner year for cannabis sales in Spokane County, and retailers here say behavior changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic was the main driver of the increase.

In contracting retail market, some surviving shops thrive

Extended holiday shopping season benefits some here

November 5, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Despite the fact thousands of retail storefronts across the U.S. have struggled or gone away in recent years, some Spokane-based retailers say they could be on the verge of all-time holiday sales records in 2020.