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Small businesses, homes buoy Mountain West

Cd'A-based bank's SBA-backed loans grew 13 percent in 2009; commercial real estate loans surge

March 25, 2010

Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank is relying on its strengths in small-business, commercial real estate, and residential lending to remain profitable through the recent recession and the recovery from it, says Russ Porter, the bank's president

Small Business Watch: March 25, 2010

March 25, 2010

Counseling office opens on South Hill Cheryl Osler, a clinical nurse specialist, licensed mental health counselor, and child mental health specialist, has opened South Hill Counseling in 350 square feet of leased space in the at 703

Real Estate Roundup

March 25, 2010

Mike McLean

Reno, Nev.-based Dinter Engineering Co. has leased 950 square feet of office space in the Lakeland Square commercial center, at 1556 state Route 41, in Rathdrum, Idaho, and has moved an office there from 17562 W. Liree Drive, in Hauser Lake, Idaho.

Spokane contractor to handle $540,000 in city paving projects

March 25, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The city of Spokane has awarded contracts for two road projects, worth a combined $540,000, to MJM Grand Inc., of Spokane. The projects, located in northeast Spokane and Peaceful Valley, involve paving unpaved streets and adding sidewalks, says a

Interstate Concrete wins $830,000 in repaving work in Dalton Gardens

March 25, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Interstate Concrete & Asphalt Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has won two contracts, worth a combined about $830,000, to repave portions of Hanley Avenue in Dalton Gardens, Idaho.The work constitutes the final two phases of a three-phase project to just

Cornerstone lands second tenant for redeveloped office building

March 25, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Cornerstone Property Advisors LLC, of Spokane, says it has secured a second tenant for a building it redeveloped last year, and also plans to move its own offices to the building, at 1311 N. Washington, in April. The Spokane office of the state

New owners take the helm at longtime shoe store here

Berg's Junior Shoes has changed hands after 80 years, three generations

March 25, 2010

Kim Frlan

Chris Berg says he has sold Berg's Junior Shoes, located at 818 W. Sprague, to Alex and Beth McCauley, of Spokane, but plans to work part time at the longtime downtown store indefinitely.McCauley says he and his wife plan to add adult shoes to a

Subsidized energy audits for homes said coming soon

Spokane County, cities team up to defray fee to Avista subcontractor

March 25, 2010

Richard Ripley

Spokane County, the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley, and Avista Utilities soon will make home energy audits available through a joint effort.Spokane County discussed the audits in a 2009-2010 annual report that it distributed at a Greater a

Liberty Lake boat dealer broadens its inventory mix

MasterCraft Inland NW now selling Centurion, Supra, Moomba models

March 25, 2010

Kim Crompton

MasterCraft Inland Northwest, a Liberty Lake boat dealership, has broadened its inventory mix by adding the Centurion, Supra, and Moomba boat lines."Adding these three great boat lines to our store allows us to provide a better experience for

Shriners here buy former Worden winery property

El Katif says it's investing in West Plains location for potential meeting site

March 25, 2010

Mike McLean

El Katif Shrine Center, the Spokane-based chapter of the international fraternal organization that supports Shriner's Hospitals for Children, says it has bought the former Worden's Washington Winery property on the West Plains and is considering of