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More apartments to rise at Riverstone

Two complexes will have 152 units, $13 million total value

January 16, 2014

Hayden developer Whitewater Creek Inc. has obtained permits to build two apartment complexes, with 152 living units combined and a total construction valuation of $13 million, in the Riverstone mixed-use community in northwest Coeur d'Alene, city record

Small Business Watch

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January 16, 2014

Staff Report

Public-company landscape changes

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January 16, 2014

Linn Parish

Publicly-traded companies soon will begin rolling out their fourth-quarter and year-end earnings results en masse, spelling out in dollars and cents how they performed in 2013. As we prepare to review the profits and losses for the 14 publicly-traded comp

Mining group changes name to reflect broader reach

Association here boasts 2,400 members worldwide

January 16, 2014

Treva Lind

Spokane-based Northwest Mining Association, a 119-year-old trade organization representing hard-rock mining and mineral industry members, recently changed its name to the American Exploration & Mining Association. Laura Skaer, executive director of the o

MPM Technologies, partners pursue biofuels niche

Parties hope to advance alternative gas production

January 16, 2014

Treva Lind

MPM Technologies Inc., a 25-year-old Spokane-based provider of environmental control systems and developer of waste-to-energy technology, says it's working with Washington State University and a software consulting company to research and develop gasifi

Pair opens health clinic in renovated Valley space

Physician assistant-owned center sets longer sessions

January 16, 2014

Treva Lind

A physician assistant-owned medical clinic recently opened in the Spokane Valley under the name Optimal Healthcare Inc. Physician assistant Kevin Bichler and his wife, Janice Jordan-Bichler, are the owners of the general medicine and family medicine clin

Decision affirms hospice service's need certificate

Hospice of Spokane fought entry by competing provider

January 16, 2014

Katie Ross

A Washington state appellate court panel here has upheld a lower-court finding that Liberty Lake-based Family Home Care Corp. met the certificate-of-need requirements to provide hospice services in Spokane County. The case stemmed from a lawsuit that n

Three new eateries are being built in Kendall Yards

Restaurants to be clustered on main boulevard

January 16, 2014

Mike McLean

Affiliates of Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp. are erecting three restaurant buildings with a combined construction valuation of $1.2 million in the Kendall Yards urban village development northwest of downtown Spokane.

Fitness for Fido

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January 16, 2014

Treva Lind

A large fitness gym in a portion of the Animal Wellness Center, in North Spokane, caters to canines, even though it rivals some workout centers designed for human exercise. The 1,100-square-foot gym is filled with therapy balls, ladder-like floor obstac

Berg Cos. to consolidate in Spokane Valley

Camp shelter manufacturer to move to old Caterpillar site

January 16, 2014

Mike McLean

Berg Cos., a longtime Spokane Valley-based manufacturing concern, has started a $1.2 million renovation of a large building at 6811 E. Mission and plans to consolidate its operations there, says Julie Tilleman, a Berg spokeswoman. CDA Loon LLC, a Spokane