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—Judith Spitzer

Combating county's high maternal smoking rate

Low income, other stressors contribute to gap, officials say
June 5, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Despite the well-known dangers of smoking cigarettes during pregnancy, the percentage of expectant women who smoked in Spokane County is almost twice the rate of pregnant smokers in Washington state as a whole, say Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD)
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Riverfront Park plan, financing are up for vote

Spokane Park Board expects plan to pass
June 5, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Spokane Park Board members will meet next week to deliberate and vote on the $60 million master plan as it exists today and a finance package to renovate Riverfront Park that, if approved, will go to the Spokane City Council for approval before it can be
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Staples store moves are central to three projects

Party City, Destination XL will enter Spokane market
June 5, 2014
Mike McLean
Staples Inc., the Framingham, Mass.-based office supply retail chain, is making two of its Spokane-area outlets smaller, says a commercial real estate agent with some knowledge of the projects. Meantime, Party City Corp., a Rockaway N.J.-based party supp
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—Katie Ross

Kaiser plant owner eyes second phase of demolition

Former Mead Works site prepped for business park
June 5, 2014
Katie Ross
New Mill Capital LLC, the owner of the large former Kaiser Aluminum Corp. Mead Works smelting plant property north of Spokane, is readying for the second phase of demolition at the long-shuttered plant, says Ken Hoff, site manager. Hoff says he hopes bi
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—Jusith Spitzer

City, vendors look to resolve food-truck fracas

City says it's confident it can resolve mobile vendors' concerns
June 5, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Players in the Spokane food truck-regulations fracas were meeting this week to try to iron out some of the issues around a proposed ordinance governing how, when, and where mobile food truck vendors operate in and around the Spokane area. Ben Stuckart,
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—Mike McLean

Growth strategy amply energizes Schweitzer Engineering

Sales projected to exceed $1 billion within five years
June 5, 2014
Mike McLean
Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. is plugged into an aggressive growth strategy as it increases its lines of products and services and expands its markets, says Luis D'Acosta, SEL's chief operations officer. The 30-year-old comp
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Unico buys Rock Pointe campus

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June 2, 2014
Staff Report
Unico Properties LLC, a Seattle-based real estate investment company, announced this afternoon that a joint venture in which it's involved has bought the Rock Pointe Corporate Center, on downtown Spokane's periphery. The 11-acre Rock Pointe campus,
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Avista agrees to sell Ecova

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May 29, 2014
Staff Report
Avista Corp., of Spokane, announced plans this afternoon to sell its energy-management subsidiary Ecova Inc. for $335 million in cash to Cofely USA Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of French multinational utility company GDF SUEZ. Avista spokeswoman Dana Anders
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