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IT-Lifeline, Red Lion eye disaster plan

Hotel would be makeshift call center for customers that lose data operations

February 25, 2010

Liberty Lake high-tech concern IT-Lifeline Inc. is working with Spokane-based hotelier Red Lion Hotels Corp. to offer call-center operators the space and equipment needed to get up to hundreds of workers back on line within 48 hours if their a an a

Commerce park planned at Playfair

Scafco would occupy first building to be developed at long-closed horse track

February 25, 2010

Mike McLean

A development company headed by the president of Spokane-based Scafco Corp. wants to develop a commercial and industrial park with up to 800,000 square feet of floor space and 800 parking spaces, at the former site of the Playfair horse racing in a

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Office project planned on West Plains

Investor group to develop $11.5 million structure next to Airway Heights

February 25, 2010

Mike McLean

A Spokane-based investor group plans to develop an $11.5 million office building on the West Plains and expects to begin work on the project soon, says Lowell McKee, one of the investors.The planned two-story, 47,000-square-foot structure, to be

Combined MSA stats now likely

Spokane, Kootenai joint 'statistical area' could boost region

February 25, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

In a move that observers say would give the region more muscle in attracting business and funding, the federal government appears likely to combine Spokane and Kootenai counties into a combined statistical area in 2013, after the 2010 Census is of

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Hollister-Stier grows work force

Drug maker cites revenue growth; outlook less clear

February 25, 2010

Kim Crompton

Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based contract drug manufacturer, has added about 70 employees here over the last year, and has experienced double-digit revenue growth in its fiscal year that ends March 31, but likely will see smaller

Economic gale winds make good investment calls tough

Applying sharp hindsight, analysts wince at some of their worst misses

February 25, 2010

Personal Investing

Smart investment calls aren't so easy to come by.They require insight, patience, and a bit of luck. Once they pan out, however, they are fondly remembered for a long time.Some bold calls made during the market plummet of 2008 proved highly an

In the News: February 25, 2010

February 25, 2010

Feb. 9 / Potlatch posts higher earnings for quarter, year Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. reported earnings of $2.9 million, or 7 cents a diluted share, for the fourth-quarter of 2009, compared with a net loss of $4.4 million, or 11 cents

Calendar: February 25, 2010

February 11-25, 2010

February 25, 2010

Meetings & Events Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a breakfast meeting, featuring Spokane Mayor Mary Verner's State of the City Address, on Friday, Feb. 12, from 7:15 to 9 a.m., at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane a

Getting employees involved in retirement savings plans

Dartmouth College study shows participation gains using low-cost strategies

February 11, 2010

Urging employees to participate in retirement savings plans has always been achallenge. However, the findings of a study by researchers of respondents at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H., financed through a grant provided by the National for in

NIC plans to erect building, move pro-tech programs

New dean hired to bridge credit, noncredit training for trade, industry workers

February 11, 2010

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene-based North Idaho College has placed its college-credit and noncredit trades- and industry-related training programs under joint management and plans to construct a new building so it can expand and move some of its courses off last a