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Spokane groups set goals for upcoming legislative session

Agenda for Spokane area includes transportation, education fund requests

December 5, 2013

A roundup of regional priorities here for the 2014 session of the Washington Legislature focuses mostly on transportation and education projects and programs totaling more than $1 billion, although most of that would be for multiyear construction projects

Downtown's 'creative alley' attracts more activity

Pacific Avenue coming alive with business relocations, projects

December 5, 2013

Katie Ross

Tucked amongst exposed brick, scant graffiti, and 'No Loiteringâ€ signs, a quiet revival is taking place on west Pacific Avenue in downtown Spokane. The west 100 block of the street, in particular, has become known as 'creative alley,â€ to its resi

Calendar: November 21, 2013

November 21, 2013

Meetings & Events The Spokane chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers will hold its free 100th Anniversary Reception on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the computer and engineering building at Eastern Washington

Re/Max franchise sets up agency office in Riverstone

Widely known brand returns to Cd'A market after four-year absence

November 21, 2013

Mike McLean

Re/Max Infinity Group, the Coeur d'Alene franchise of Denver-based Re/Max International Inc., has opened a real estate office in the Riverstone mixed-use development.The agency occupies 3,500 square feet of floor space at 2086 N. Main St., from

Spokane contractor updates Coeur d'Alene sewage plant

Updates said needed for facility to meet expected phosphorus restrictions

November 21, 2013

Katie Ross

Spokane contractor Williams Brother Construction LLC has begun work on the first phase of a wastewater treatment facility update for the city of Coeur d'Alene, says John Williams, project manager at Williams Brother. Construction at the plant, a

Builder here lands two big school projects

$38 million in construction is expected to be finished during the next two years

November 21, 2013

Katie Ross

Spokane general contractor Leone & Keeble Inc. has begun construction of two schools in College Place, Wash., including the southeastern Washington town's first high school, says project manager Scott Jutte. "We're constructing a high school in

Avista remodels headquarters lobby; addition is next

Work part of $28 million multiyear plan to upgrade structure along Mission

November 21, 2013

Treva Lind

Avista Corp., of Spokane, is remodeling the lobby and basement of its headquarters building, at 1411 E. Mission, and says it plans to start work in March on a 42,000-square-foot addition. The projects are part of a multiyear, $28 million with a

CNI wins $4 million job to modernize Cd'A grade school

Work includes new gym, two-classroom addition at Borah Elementary

November 21, 2013

Mike McLean

The Coeur d'Alene School District has awarded Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, a $4 million contract to modernize and expand Borah Elementary School.The expansion part of the project will include constructing a gym, art room, and a

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Big library projects are on the books

Partnership with city includes possible construction valued at $26 million

November 21, 2013

Mike McLean

With a recent site-plan approval from the Spokane Valley City Council in hand, the Spokane County Library District says it expects to seek approval from county commissioners next month to put a $22 million bond measure before Valley voters next for

Spokane accounting firms merge

Company established here in 1981 now has a combined staff of 15

November 21, 2013

Katie Ross

Spokane accounting firm Heiskell MacGillivray & Associates PS has merged into its operations the firm of Engel & Associates PS, says Kevin Sell, a shareholder and certified public accountant with Heiskell MacGillivray. The merger, which was Nov.