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American Legion event's impact put at $3 million

Tournament scheduled at Avista Stadium here expected to draw many

May 6, 2010

Attendees at the 2010 American Legion Baseball World Series, to be held at Avista Stadium here Aug. 13-17, likely will account for 1,000 to 1,500 hotel room nights, and the five-day event will have an estimated total local economic impact of $3 the

Boise auto group set to buy Spokane dealership's assets

Pearson to take over Jag, Land Rover, Volvo store downtown shortly

May 6, 2010

Kim Crompton

Lyle Pearson Auto Group, of Boise, says it has agreed to buy the assets of Spokane Motor Cars Inc., which operates the downtown Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo dealership here, from Ford Motor Co. for an undisclosed sum.Ford took control of the at

Getting a grip on boating safety

May 6, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The idea for a deceptively simple dockside safety device, invented here by Marty and Dawnmarie Long, was born from an accident in 2006 that caused Dawnmarie to undergo surgery—and left her with a lot of pain and plenty of time to think about a

New winery to release its first vintages

Overbluff Cellars plans to remain small, crush grapes from Walla Walla

May 6, 2010

Richard Ripley

A new Spokane winery hopes to open its doors here Memorial Day weekend and will release its first wines during the annual Mother's Day Spring Barrel Tasting event May 7-9.John Caudill, who owns the winery, Overbluff Cellars, with his wife, of is

Ad designer here combines Web, print

Banner, now led by former Tully's president, says new strategy has triggered rebound

May 6, 2010

Mike McLean

Banner Retail Marketing Group LLC, a Liberty Lake retail advertising designer, has expanded its focus beyond print mailers and circulars to include integrated Web site design and servicing, says John Dresel, Banner's new CEO, largest shareholder, a

Cd'A Harley dealer to buy assets here

Lone Wolf hopes to reopen Valley, Lewiston stores if it prevails at auction

May 6, 2010

Kim Crompton

Coeur d'Alene-based Seven Oaks Motor Sports, through which Greg and Beth Ernst own and operate the two-year-old Lone Wolf Harley-Davidson dealership there, has agreed to buy the assets of Shumate Harley-Davidson in Spokane Valley and Lewiston, and

Garbage-bin maker grows, diversifies

Western Systems doubles revenues in past three years, adds line of recycling balers

May 6, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Mark Choate knows more about garbage than most of us would care to think about, which stands to reason given that his Spokane Valley company, Western Systems & Fabrication Inc., has grown from a garbage-bin maker to a vendor of a wide range of and

Interchange project awaits federal review

Construction of planned Beck Road access at I-90 still more than a year off

May 6, 2010

Mike McLean

Construction of a new interchange requested by a private developer on Interstate 90 near the west edge of Post Falls likely won't start before late 2011, possibly about the time that Spokane County's Appleway Bridge replacement project near the on

Boating industry looks to right ship

Dealers here mostly foresee lengthy recovery period

May 6, 2010

Kim Crompton

After 26 years of selling new boats here, Vince Zimmer is getting out of that wave-tossed business for awhile so he can focus instead on service work and used-boat consignment sales. He isn't alone in feeling buffeted by the changing market. "I a

BX upgrades in store at Fairchild

$6 million retail-center renovation, expansion planned

May 6, 2010

Mike McLean

Fairchild Air Force Base plans to begin a $6 million remodel and addition at its base exchange this summer, says Lt. Casey Osborne, a spokesman for the base. A 3,000-square-foot addition to the base exchange, at 107 W. Spaatz Road, south of U.S.