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Going the distance for athletes

September 23, 2010

With 50 years of experience between them in competitive endurance sports, Michael and Marla Emde have folded their love for such competition into a business that coaches athletes and hosts racing events.The couple own Emde Sports Inc., which and

Cd'A brokerage develops big housing project

Value of Windermere's 175-lot residential venture could exceed $20 million

September 23, 2010

Mike McLean

Windermere Coeur d'Alene Realty Inc. has launched the first phase of a planned 157-lot residential subdivision in North Idaho, says Jim Fox, an agent with the longtime Coeur d'Alene-based real estate sales and development company.The initial is

Utilities cheer pact to end hydro dispute

Tentative agreement could bring conclusion to decades of litigation

September 23, 2010

Kim Crompton

Avista Corp., the big investor-owned utility here, and Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, say they're enthused about a potential settlement of a decades-old regional dispute over how to divvy up benefits from the that

Jigsaw Corp. moves center to the Valley

Post Falls operation takes space formerly occupied by General Dynamics

September 23, 2010

Kim Frlan

Jigsaw Data Corp., a San Mateo, Calif., technology company that has operated a sales and customer service center in Post Falls, has moved that operation to space in Spokane Valley that most recently was occupied by General Dynamics Itronix move, at

Hi-Rel Labs keeps focus on service

Hillyard company uses sophisticated equipment to test electronic parts

September 23, 2010

Kim Frlan

Challenged by serving a volatile market, Spokane electronic components tester Hi-Rel Laboratories Inc. says its recipe for survival includes staying small, lean, and tightly focused on customer needs.The highly specialized company, which mostly

PAML sets national push into motion

Big lab adds 16 hospitals to its network; revenues now exceed $200 million

September 23, 2010

Paul Read

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, the big Spokane-based lab known as PAML, has taken one of its biggest steps to date in its quest to become a national laboratory by entering into a joint venture in the Denver area that will serve 13 a in

Higher-ed regime change

Three new top executives here face challenging times

September 23, 2010

Kim Crompton

You might call it a changing of the guard.Through a coincidence in timing, new top executives have taken over this year at three prominent Spokane academic institutions—Gonzaga University, Whitworth University, and Community Colleges of the

CV schools eye $400 million plan

District envisions seeking five bond packages over 25 years

September 23, 2010

Kim Crompton

Central Valley School District is getting ready to put in motion a long-range capital facilities plan that tentatively calls for more than $400 million in projects over the next 25 years, including construction of new high, middle, and schools.

Riding the dramatic run-up in real estate investment trusts

Apartment sector boom said playing role in rise; hot streak might not last

September 23, 2010

Personal Investing

Investors are chasing yields, and former homeowners are moving into apartments.That combination has provided the one-two punch in 2010 of real estate investment trusts (REITs), those dividend-producing investments that trade as stocks and use to

In the News

September 23, 2010

Sept. 17 / Sacred Heart to trim work force, services Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital announced it's planning a still-to-be-determined number of layoffs and cuts in services and programs this fall, and it 5