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CFA Society dinner slated for tonight downtown

Investment group brings in industry veterans for keynote

March 13, 2014

The CFA Society of Spokane, an organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals, has slated two industry veterans to speak at its 20th annual Economic Forecast Dinner tonight at the Davenport Hotel. A reception

Riverfront Park ideas crystallize

Architects create plans for carrousel, Pavilion, IMAX

March 13, 2014

Treva Lind

Conceptual drawings of potential improvements to Spokane's Riverfront Park depict a 22,000-square-foot carrousel building. Beneath the iconic cable structure of the Pavilion, a dome canopy with movable parts would open to the sky or close for shelter. T

Inland Northwest Lighthouse nearly set to expand

Work wrapping up on addition to nonprofit's North Side plant

March 13, 2014

Treva Lind

Nonprofit Inland Northwest Lighthouse, which operates a manufacturing facility in North Spokane where it employs nearly 50 people, soon will start using a major expansion of its building there that it says will enable it to expand its workforce. Baker

Second Harvest expands facilities to fill big food need

Second Harvest expects Tri-Cities project to boost its capabilities

March 13, 2014

Katie Ross

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest is moving forward with several large projects this year, including a $2.5 million, 26,000-square-foot second-phase expansion of its Pasco, Wash., warehouse facility, says President and CEO Jason Luke Clark.

Providence leaders send right signals

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February 27, 2014

Staff Report

As a pivotal year of change under the Affordable Care Act unfolds, it's reassuring to see the two new top executives of Providence Health Care, the Inland Northwest's largest health care system and one of Spokane County's largest employers, taking a

Coffman Engineers opens office in Oakland

Company with Spokane ties boasts strong growth

February 27, 2014

Mike McLean

Coffman Engineers Inc. has opened an office in Oakland, Calif., where it has hired the former owner and staff of a smaller engineering firm, says Adrienne Pool, Spokane-based marketing coordinator for Coffman Engineers. Seattle-based Coffman Engineers'

Major update is under way at 173-room hotel near UI in Moscow

Spokane, Cd'A companies doing design, construction

February 27, 2014

Mike McLean

A Spokane construction company and two Coeur d'Alene design concerns are teaming up on a major renovation project at the Best Western University Inn, in Moscow, Idaho. The project will include renovating all 173 guest rooms, reconfiguring restaurant an

ACA 'success' in state overstated

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February 27, 2014

Dr. Roger Stark

The Affordable Care Act is not a 'successâ€ in the Evergreen State, as state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is trying to claim. Commissioner Kreidler recently issued a news release saying the controversial Obamacare program is an enormous succes

Small Business Watch

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February 27, 2014

Staff Report

Bennett House touts respite for senior caregivers

Adult day-care center opens in Coeur d'Alene

February 27, 2014

Katie Ross

Coeur d'Alene businessmen Rick Bennett and George Cunningham have opened an adult day care facility, called Bennett House, to provide caretakers some respite from tending to elderly loved ones. Bennett and Cunningham formed a partnership to open Ben