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HUB Sports Center capital campaign draws more donations

Nonprofit still $1.4 million short of its year-end goal

June 2, 2016

The nonprofit HUB Sports Center says it now has raised $1.8 million in its capital campaign aimed at generating $3.2 million so it can purchase its leased 66,000-square-foot multipurpose facility at 19619 E. Cataldo, in Liberty Lake. Executive Director P

Teaching the 'real secrets' of real estate investing

Industry veteran here uses book to share knowledge

June 2, 2016

Though it dÃ©buted three years ago, Jeff K. Johnson's self-published book, 'Cash Flow Forever â€“ The Real Secrets of Real Estate Investingâ€ has been garnering noteworthy attention just in the last year or so. Much of that, says the 61-year-old pre

City of Spokane to begin $8.7 million in summer street projects

WSDOT has additional jobs worth $4.6 million in works

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The city of Spokane is in the midst of a busy construction season, working to complete street projects totaling about $8.7 million. City spokeswoman Julie Happy says that starting in mid-June, a section of 37th Avenue from Regal Street to Custer Stree

Spate of highway projects in works in North Idaho

ITD recently has awarded $12.4 million in contracts

June 2, 2016

Mike McLean

The Idaho Transportation Department recently has awarded contracts totaling $12.4 million for highway projects now in their early construction stages in North Idaho, says Marvin Fenn, the department's Coeur d'Alene-based District 1 engineering manager

Larry H. Miller set to develop Honda dealership in downtown Spokane

Company submits plans for building along Third

June 2, 2016

As the Larry H. Miller Dealerships chain continues to expand its sales and service facilities here, a real estate affiliate submitted a pre-development application to the city of Spokane for a proposed new building on west Third Avenue for its Honda deale

ReHistoric Wood sees third year of increased sales

Market is expanding, with focus on the western U.S.

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based ReHistoric Wood Products LLC considers itself one of the Spokane area's leading distributors of reclaimed wood products, having increased its sales volume tenfold since its founding in 2008 by co-owners John Morrow and Bruce Johnson. '

Post Falls Medical Boom

Health care sector provides community hundreds of jobs

June 2, 2016

Mike McLean

Post Falls, once considered a bedroom community to both Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, has become home to a vibrant medical district that's brought hundreds of health care jobs to the River City. The growth in medical and health services and facilities i

Putting positive spin on wages here

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June 2, 2016

Kim Crompton

Watching the gradual post-recession rise in the Spokane-area economy sometimes seems to me a bit like attending a celebration party where everyone's chatting happily about the mostly upward trend of things, while failing to notice the elephant in the co

The Journal's View: Mining company's acquisition is a fortunate fate

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June 2, 2016

Staff Report

While it's discouraging to see the number of Spokane-area publicly traded companies dwindle yet again with its announcement that Mines Management Inc. will be acquired, it's heartening that another Inland Northwest company, Hecla Mining Co., is the ac

LightSpeed Networks to extend fiber optics to Spokane

Portland company also targets Tri-Cities, Yakima

June 2, 2016

A privately owned Portland-based fiber optic company plans to expand into Eastern Washington and rural locations across the state. LightSpeed Networks Inc. says it will bring LS Networks to more businesses and residential customers in Spokane, Tri-Cities