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Bankcda attains record assets as outlook improves

CEO predicts sustained resurgence to profitability

June 18, 2015

Bankcda, one of the smallest and youngest Inland Northwest-based community banks, expects to crest $100 million in assets this year, says Wes Veach, bankcda president and CEO.

Specialty grocers eye Spokane

Whole Foods is among site seekers targeting Inland Northwest

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Specialty grocery stores looking to enter or expand in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market likely will change the landscape for supermarkets here, says Guy Byrd, a principal at Sperry Van Ness|Cornerstone commercial real estate brokerage, of Spokane. By

ICM Asset Management to go back on offensive

Pete Chase to head operations at Spokane investment company

June 18, 2015

Jim Simmons, the CEO for ICM Asset Management Inc., hopes naming Pete Chase as a partner at the 34-year-old financial asset company will help recapture investors it lost before the Great Recession.

Davenport Grand Hotel is off to strong start

Worthy concern booked 20K rooms before opening

June 18, 2015

Don't plan on staying at the posh, Davenport Grand Hotel between July 7 -11. It's booked. The hotel will be at capacity when it hosts its first official group of convention attendees-1,300 sales reps from the national company Essential Oils. And fo

SCC looks to keep aerospace momentum rolling

State to kick in money when federal grant ends

June 18, 2015

Though federal funding from an Air Washington worker retraining grant will end in the fall, Dave Cox, dean of Spokane Community College's technical education division, says he's confident the department will continue to grow.

Exotic Metals plans project is wrapping up - Art only

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June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Small Business Watch

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June 4, 2015

Staff Report

STA must learn from last election

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June 4, 2015

Staff Report

As the Spokane Transit Authority returns to the drawing boards following a razor-thin defeat of its Proposition No. 1 ballot measure, the organization should listen carefully to its harshest critics and those who backed the proposal with reservations. Wi

First of five bond-funded Post Falls school projects rises

Architects West designed middle school expansion

June 4, 2015

Mike McLean

Construction is under way on a $3.1 million expansion project at River City Middle School, in Post Falls, says Scott Fischer, the project architect with the Coeur d'Alene design firm Architects West Inc.

Ignoring harm of mandatory wage

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June 4, 2015

Paul Guppy

One definition of 'irresponsibleâ€ is to push for a policy idea that affects thousands of people, then when you win refuse to recognize the harm your idea is causing in people's lives. That is the position $15Now! advocates are in right now. Seattl