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Why Prop. 1 merits your support

Guest Commentary

September 26, 2013

You may have read about an item on this fall's ballot asking Spokane County voters to approve a levy that would enable the county to buy land in the Accident Potential Zone (APZ) at the end of the runway at Fairchild Air Force Base.Currently, a

Group of agents opens Live Real Estate in Spokane Valley

Ten of the 13 partners left Windermere agency to launch new venture

September 26, 2013

Treva Lind

Ten real estate agents formerly aligned with Windermere Real Estate offices in the Spokane area have left that franchise and joined in a partnership to open an independent Spokane Valley real estate office here, named Live Real Estate Dan Lysek, is

Lydig Construction selected to build airport rescue facility

New $8 million structure is expected to decrease emergency response times

September 26, 2013

Katie Ross

The Spokane Airport Board has selected Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, to build a 16,000-square-foot aircraft rescue and firefighting facility at Spokane International Airport. The nearly $8 million project is scheduled to be completed in late

Plane maker delivers its 100th unit

Sandpoint-based Quest marks milestone during seventh production year

September 26, 2013

Mike McLean

Sandpoint light airplane manufacturer Quest Aircraft Co. says it has manufactured and delivered its 100th Kodiak aircraft.The company presented the aircraft to Sunstate Aviation, of Phoenix, earlier this month, says Julie Stone, a spokeswoman is

Sonderen Packaging prepares for ownership transition

Family's third generation expected to take over in late 2014, president says

September 26, 2013

Linn Parish

Well into its 50th year in business, Spokane carton maker Sonderen Packaging Inc. is preparing to transfer control of the company to the Sonderen family's third generation of ownership, says company President Mark Sonderen.The transfer is he as

Associated Painters set to expand at Spokane Airport

Aircraft finisher aims to add 30 jobs at second facility here next spring

September 26, 2013

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Associated Painters Inc. has revived plans to build a second aircraft-painting hangar at Spokane International Airport and expects to grow its total workforce here to 100 employees next spring, says Reed Friese, the company's general

Inland Northwest real estate powerhouses Tomlinson, Beutler join forces

Big real estate agencies unite with owner group, to keep existing names

September 26, 2013

Treva Lind

Two of the bigger players in the Inland Northwest residential real estate market, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson and Century 21 Beutler & Associates, have consolidated some operations under a common ownership group.Ann Beutler, co-founder of Coeur 21

$10 million tower renovation slated at Lilac Plaza

Remodel part of at least $85 million in senior housing projects

September 26, 2013

Linn Parish

Spokane Baptist Association Homes plans in November to launch a $10 million renovation of the 13-story Lilac Plaza low-income senior apartment tower on the North Side. Tucked in a residential neighborhood a few blocks north of Francis Avenue and

Calendar: September 26, 2013

September 26, 2013

Meetings & EventsGonzaga University School of Business Administration will hold the third annual Pigott Entrepreneurship Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 5:50 p.m. in the Jepson Center's Wolff Auditorium, 502 E. Boone. David Sabey, president of

Care Cars drives support for elderly

rogram arranges to take hundreds of seniors a year to doctors' appointments

September 26, 2013

Treva Lind

Around 300 Spokane County residents receive more than 4,000 rides to their medical appointments each year courtesy of Care Cars, a program here that is seeking to increase significantly its number of volunteer drivers by January.The program is a