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Chewelah ski area starts work on condo, townhome project

First residential units to be completed by snow season

July 14, 2016

Developers at 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort have broken ground on the first living units in the planned Alpine Glades development at the ski area near Chewelah, about 60 miles north of Spokane. Residential construction planned this year includes an ei

Addressing ethical conflicts directly in the workplace

Frameworks are available for handling such issues

July 14, 2016

Writer Guest

Walk the hallways of any organization, and you will hear stories about inner struggles employees face when trying to determine how to react to inappropriate behavior in the workplace. With everything from small slights to major ethical missteps, it can be

Plans for My Fresh Market grocery store surface at Kendall Yards

Art only

July 14, 2016

Staff Report

McDonald's franchise here relocates its offices

State acquires its former headquarters for freeway

July 14, 2016

Spokane Food Services Inc., which owns 14 McDonald's restaurants and employs more than 450 people, has relocated from offices in Hillyard to a space west of downtown to make way for the North Spokane Corridor project. The company has about 20 employee

Housing market prompts Realtor rebound

Number of real estate agents rises with home sales

July 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

With home sales increasing here, so too is the number of active real estate agents. Rob Higgins, executive officer of the Spokane Association of Realtors, says membership in the association has increased this year to about 1,700, up 6 percent from last

Sacred Heart starts work on special pathogens unit

Unit funded by federal grant to treat infectious diseases

July 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has begun a $1.3 million remodeling project for a new special pathogens unit there. Dr. Joel McCullough, Providence Health Care's medical director for community health and epidemiology, sa

City's parks department plans to make Mission ballfield more accessible

Children with disabilities to have chance to play ball

July 14, 2016

The city of Spokane will begin construction in September at Mission Park on a baseball field and facility for youth with physical disabilities. The overall goal is to make the park the most accessible in Spokane for people with disabilities.

Culinary academy feeds strong student demand

Longtime program preps chefs, others in industry

July 14, 2016

Blythe Thimsen

Fine cuisine sometimes can be found in unlikely spots. Such arguably is the case with Spokane Community College's Inland Northwest Culinary Academy. An American Culinary Federation-accredited program, the culinary school is located in the Old Main bui

Cd'A Fire Department builds its fourth station

$1.2 million facility to be completed in December

July 14, 2016

Mike McLean

The Coeur d'Alene Fire Department is building a $1.2 million, 7,000-square-foot station in northwest Coeur d'Alene. The facility, which will be the department's fourth station, will have room for two fire trucks and will be staffed by seven firefig

With interim tag removed, Kenneth Anderson leads Gonzaga's school of business

One-time Zag hoopster Anderson now officially heads business school

July 14, 2016

Kenneth Anderson admits that there's no way he ever would have believed he'd one day become dean of the Gonzaga University School of Business Administration. 'A professor in the business school, sure, but the whole dean thing â€¦ no,â€ Anderson sa