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Designer launches firm, focuses on restaurants

Led by Joshua Hissong, young company plans to expand downtown

April 7, 2011

Known for his contemporary interior-design work in such Spokane-area restaurants as Savory and Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar, Joshua Hissong has branched out to start his own firm.Earlier this year, he opened Hissong Design Group LLC on the fourth

Mead contractor bids lowest for Grand Blvd. rehab work

$1.6 million project slated to begin in May, be done in two phases

April 7, 2011

Mountain Crest Enterprises Inc., of Mead, is the apparent low bidder for a $1.6 million project to rehabilitate Grand Boulevard on the South Hill, from 29th Avenue to High Drive.The project is expected to begin in early May and tentatively is to

Panhandle Insurance under new ownership, management

Longtime Cd'A insurance agent buys business assets

April 7, 2011

Chey Scott

Panhandle Insurance Agency, of Coeur d'Alene, is under new ownership after being purchased by another local insurance agency, Kuespert Insurance Agency Inc.Paul Kuespert, a longtime insurance agent based in Coeur d'Alene, says he bought the of a

Couple plan fresh seafood market near 30th and Regal

Lanzones call retail outlet natural extension of their wholesale operation here

April 7, 2011

Kim Crompton

Phil and Heather Lanzone, who own Northstar Sea Foods Inc., a nearly eight-year-old Airway Heights distribution company, say they plan to open a fresh seafood market on the South Hill next week.The market, called Regal Street Seafood, will a at

One-stop sustainability shop

April 7, 2011

Chey Scott

Residents of Spokane who seek to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle have a new resource of knowledge on green living and purchasing environmentally sound products—Sun People Dry Goods Co. Juliet Sinisterra, Sun People's primary owner, says

Ace Hardware store planned on South Hill

Outlet scheduled to open this summer in former Jones Pharmacy space

April 7, 2011

Treva Lind

An Ace Hardware store is slated to take a former Jones Pharmacy & Home Health Care space in a South Hill retail center anchored by a Huckleberry's Natural Market.EaglePointe Construction & Management Inc. owner David Shea says the company is way

Parker buys Post Falls Subaru dealership

Arrotta family scales back to concentrate on Chrysler, Nissan lines

April 7, 2011

Mike McLean

Parker Automotive Inc., the longtime Coeur d'Alene-based concern that owns the Parker Toyota dealership there, has bought the Subaru dealership in Post Falls and has renamed it Parker Subaru.The dealership, formerly Select Subaru, at 811 N. had

Mining firm posts jump in income

Prices for silver, copper help boost Revett's profits after a net loss in 2009

April 7, 2011

Treva Lind

Spokane Valley-based mining company Revett Minerals Inc. has reported significant improvement in its financial results for 2010, posting net income of $4.4 million, or 16 cents a share, compared with a 2009 net loss of $4.9 million, or 23 cents a a

City works to smooth path for business

Seven In Eleven program involves goals to smooth permit, approval processes

April 7, 2011

Treva Lind

The city of Spokane has launched a new program, called Seven in Eleven, to improve the small-business climate within the city. Two early focuses of the program, named for the seven goals the initiative sets out to accomplish in 2011, involve for

Telect moves Liberty Lake headquarters

Electronics manufacturer to beef up its engineering department as sales grow

April 7, 2011

Chey Scott

Telect Inc., the Liberty Lake-based developer and manufacturer of telecommunications-connectivity equipment, moved its headquarters April 1 to a larger leased space about a half-mile away from its previous location.The move to a structure at E.