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A virtual way to give

September 12, 2013

zPerfectGift, a Spokane-based virtual gift-giving company, is offering what it believes is a new and different way to celebrate and track special occasions. It operates a website, at www.zperfectgift.com, that enables multiple people to chip in

Sport Scope startup logs early growth

Inov8-backed company expects to end year with sales of nearly $2 million

September 12, 2013

Katie Ross

Spokane startup Sport Scope Inc. has marked a 50 percent revenue growth this year, its second year of business, says general manager and co-owner Derek Taylor. The company, which manufactures specialty pole-mounted end-zone cameras for sporting is

In the News: August 29, 2013

August 29, 2013

Aug. 26 / Gonzaga launches new schoolGonzaga University said it has established a School of Nursing and Human Physiology, its first new school in nearly 40 years, and has named Brenda Stevenson Marshall to be the school's dean. The new school in

Small Business Watch

August 29, 2013

Mel's plans move to Wandermere areaMel's, previously known as Mel's Nursery and located at 8800 N. Division, has sold its former location to Wendle Motors and plans to reopen in mid-October in smaller quarters in a multitenant retail building

Eliassen might be last of his kind

August 29, 2013

Mike Flynn

Jon E. Eliassen, who has epitomized the phrase "entrepreneurial encore" since his first "retirement" a decade ago, actually may be moving closer to real retirement, at the age of 66, as he steps down from the role of president and CEO of Red Lion a

EWU trustees, faculty union agree to three-year contract

New accord is expected to raise pay to levels consistent with peers

August 29, 2013

Katie Ross

Eastern Washington University says in a press release that its board of trustees has ratified a three-year contract between the university and the United Faculty of Eastern, the union representing EWU faculty. The contract, which takes effect a

Command Center reports drop in second quarter 2013 earnings

Staffing firm's net income declines as focus changes to increasing profit margin

August 29, 2013

Treva Lind

Command Center Inc., a Coeur d'Alene-based temporary staffing company, has posted second-quarter net income of $473,000, down nearly 44 percent from a net income of $843,000 in the same quarter a year ago.Command Center reported second-quarter a

Sullivan Bridge replacement project is back on track

Lower cost estimate puts $15.4 million project within reach of funding

August 29, 2013

Mike McLean

The Sullivan Road Bridge replacement project is back on the front burner with new lower cost estimates and funding contingencies that make the project viable, after a vital part of the project funding was left out of the state transportation bill a

Company led by George Paras revives large subdivision in Spokane Valley

'Spec' homes, next phase under way at Northwood neighbor Valley Springs

August 29, 2013

Kim Crompton

PDH LLC, a Spokane Valley company owned by prominent builder-developer George Paras, has bought and begun developing the bulk of a stymied 300-plus lot subdivision that's adjacent to the big Northwood neighborhood and overlooks Spokane planned to a

Mixing up country-style flavor

August 29, 2013

Kim Crompton

One way to help ensure the continued availability of a product you like—albeit an unusual one—is to buy the company that makes it.That's exactly what Lorrie Bos did 10 years ago, when she acquired the assets of Country Harvest Inc., a