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Brothers buy Valley shop to launch street-rod startup

Quantum Mechanics will specialize in work on '60s-era muscle cars

June 20, 2013

Brothers Scott and Ken Adkins have bought a 5,100-square-foot commercial building in Spokane Valley, where they plan to open on July 1 an automotive service center to be called Quantum Mechanics LLC.Quantum Mechanics will specialize in servicing

Journal experiences roadwork story

June 20, 2013

Editor's Notebook

Whether it's newspapers or television stations, blogs or radio programs, media always have one strong news story to fall back on this time of year: the effects of road construction on business. Regardless of which paper or what station, most it,

Planned Parenthood moves Spokane Valley clinic to new building

Reproductive-health center more than doubles its space with structure near library

June 20, 2013

Jessica Valencia

Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho has moved its Spokane Valley clinic to a new structure it has built, says public affairs manager Jen Ham.The nonprofit reproductive-health center operator is now seeing patients in the new

South Perry Business District to get new retail building, microbrewery

Microbrewery set to be first of two tenants in structure scheduled to open this fall

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, has started work on a 4,600-square-foot, two-tenant building in the South Perry Business District, on Spokane's South Hill, that will be occupied by a new microbrewery and have room for another is

Romney Motion will move its operations to Post Falls

Owner says North Idaho site has room for contract manufacturer to expand

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

Devon Romney, owner of Romney Motion Inc., of Otis Orchards, says the contract manufacturing company has bought a 5,500-square-foot building in Post Falls and plans to move there in August.The building at 1111 N. Innovation Way, a block south of

Womer architectural, engineering firm relocates downtown

Native American-owned design firm leases space in Old City Hall building

June 20, 2013

Kim Crompton

Womer & Associates, a Spokane-based, Native American-owned architectural and engineering firm, says it has moved downtown as part of an effort to raise its visibility and has merged with a Spokane Valley fire-protection consulting company.The a

New nest for mamas, babies

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

Heather and Tony Villa have left their nighttime callings behind to focus on a new venture, Bella Cova Enterprises LLC, which opened this month.Bella Cova, which means beautiful nest, is a natural parenting retail and resource center—a of a

Fairmount Memorial Association acquires two cemeteries

Large association takes assets, debt of longtime Valley burial nonprofit

June 20, 2013

Jessica Valencia

The Fairmount Memorial Association, of Spokane, has acquired the assets of the Opportunity Cemetery Association, says Denny York, president and CEO of Fairmount Holdings Inc., a for-profit division of the organization.York says no money changed

Empire Health Foundation lands large grant

Nonprofit to form second organization to help people enroll in health plans

June 20, 2013

Treva Lind

Empire Health Foundation, a Spokane-based private nonprofit health foundation, has won an $858,000 federal grant to help Eastern Washington residents enroll in health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.In October, the state exchange a

City takes new look at uses for lot near Spokane River

Talks with Spokane Tribe about big cultural center have quieted since 2010

June 20, 2013

Linn Parish

The city of Spokane is taking another look at potential uses for a 1.1-acre lot it owns on the north bank of the Spokane River after talks have quieted concerning development of a multimillion-dollar Spokane Tribe of Indians cultural center on that