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GVD buys, will remodel Rodeway Inn

Project represents further emphasis on hospitality management business

January 14, 2010

Spokane-based GVD Commercial Properties Inc. says it has bought the Rodeway Inn, in downtown Spokane, and plans to convert it this year to a boutique-style hotel.Gerald Vance "Jerry" Dicker, the company's president, says the planned remodeling a

Businesses here expect skating jump

Longer event, other changes portend possibility for more activity at cash registers here

January 14, 2010

David Cole

The 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships that start today differ somewhat from when Spokane hosted the championships in 2007, and that, say business operators here who are poised to cash in, is a good thing.This year, the event is 10 days

Greenstone to jump-start urban project

Developer wants to begin work at Kendall Yards with 70 homes, boulevard

January 14, 2010

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake real estate development company that has acquired Kendall Yards, says it will kick off its planned $500 million urban community this year with the first of six phases of residential units and part of a main that a

Jobs scarce for youths here

Tailored employment program sees huge demand for services

January 14, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Jessica Begley is looking for a full-time job that would be a springboard for her to get into the health-care field when she completes her studies at Spokane Falls Community College. For now, however, she counts herself lucky to have joined the of

Federal courthouse up for big rehab

Contractor to be sought in March for up to $50 million project

January 14, 2010

Mike McLean

The U.S. General Service Administration says it plans to make $30 million to $50 million worth of improvements at the Thomas S. Foley Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at the southeast corner of Riverside Avenue and Monroe Street downtown.The

Experts offer advice on how to invest $10,000 this year

Annual hypothetical query spurs range of suggestions, based on differing outlooks

January 14, 2010

Personal Investing

How would you invest $10,000 in the New Year?We pose that question annually to a panel of investment experts.Returns from the selections made a year ago have been remarkable, with not one taking a dive. The leading performers focused on or in

In the News: January 14, 2010

January 14, 2010

Jan. 12 / Sterling hit with class-action suit Seattle-based law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP said it and Pennsylvania-based Brodsky & Smith LLC filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging that Sterling Savings

Calendar: January 14, 2010

January 14-27, 2010

January 14, 2010

Meetings & Events The Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business Connections Breakfast, titled Biz Buzz, on Friday, Jan. 15, from 6:30 to 8 a.m., at the Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan, in Spokane Valley. For more

Marriage is bigger weight-gain factor than baby, study finds

Those factors together add the most pounds, says Australian analysis

January 14, 2010

News Wise

Young women with a weight problem often say the weight started creeping up when they had their first child and they found they had less time to exercise. When researchers added up all factors, though, they found that the fact that a woman is and a

Study finds antibody boosts breast cancer survival rates

Herceptin worked best when used concurrently with chemo, results show

January 14, 2010

News Wise

Using the antibody Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key clinical trial the of