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Interstate expansion

Three acquisitions to introduce Montana bank to Spokane-Cd'A in a major way

November 8, 2018

In a matter of months, First Interstate BancSystem Inc. will go from having no presence to a prominent foothold in the Inland Northwest banking community.

Kyle Peterson and Zach Stensland were in high school when they started customizing their friends' used socks in Peterson's parents' garage. The pair used a process called sublimation, which involves pressing dye into fabric using heat.

Cooled by the Sun: Spokane engineers produce solar-powered refrigeration system

Spokane-area engineers produce solar-powered refrigeration system

November 8, 2018

Virginia Thomas

A Moses Lake, Wash.-based applied solar company with a team of engineers based here has invented a mobile refrigeration system that runs entirely on solar power.

Bouten constructs new $3.2 million corporate office

Building to have twice the space of existing Napa Street structure

November 8, 2018

Samantha Peone

Spokane-based general contractor Bouten Construction Co. has started building a new two-story, $3.2 million corporate office building for itself at 627 N. Napa, just 10 feet away from its current offices at the same address

Home Care merges with West Side provider

Combined company employs 750, plans aggressive growth

November 8, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Liberty Lake-based in-home care provider Family Home Care LLC has merged with Seattle-based Family Resource Home Care. The larger, combined entity will retain the Family Resource Home Care name, but it will be headquartered in Liberty Lake.

High Hopes on the Slopes

Mild forecast hasn't dampened optimism of ski resort operators

November 8, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Inland Northwest ski resort operators say the early start to ski season last year has skiers eager to hit the slopes again, despite forecasts that an El NiÃ±o weather pattern is bringing a warmer and wetter winter season.

Overhauling economic development

GSI creating new business alliance, changing model

November 8, 2018

Virginia Thomas

Greater Spokane Inc. wants to turn its model for regional economic development on its head. Todd Mielke, CEO of the organization, says the previous model wasn't conducive to collaboration

YMCA, YWCA: Separate nonprofits, shared vision

Joint center near downtown uncommon for organizations

October 25, 2018

Guest Commentary

Nearly a decade ago, YWCA Spokane and YMCA of the Inland Northwest partnered to build a state-of-the-art facility strategically situated near downtown Spokane.

Guest commentary: Russians have gained on U.S. in production of wheat crops

Advantage slipping â€¦

October 25, 2018

Don Brunell

Many of us remember Soviet Union collective farms, which were a dismal failure. Joseph Stalin, the brutal Russian dictator, confiscated individual landholdings and enslaved workers. It destroyed the Russian farm system. Wheat production, which led the wo

The Journal's View: Workers' compensation rate decrease is one step in right direction

The Journal's View

October 25, 2018

Staff Report

Workers' compensation insurance rates are heading in the right direction, with the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries proposing a 5.2 percent decrease in average premiums for 2019.