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Southgate site-plan work looms

Collaborative developer effort to involve about 45 acres

January 28, 2010

Work is expected to get under way shortly on the creation of an unusual integrated site plan for three neighboring, but separately owned, commercial properties in the Southgate area of the South Hill that have been the subject of years of mostly a

'Tech trauma' should ease as demand climbs, rates fall

Cost-saving technologies likely to perform the best this year, analysts predict

January 28, 2010

Personal Investing

Tech trauma is a modern investor ailment.While the patient is aware that technology stocks are symbolic of the near- and long-term promise of the economy, their erratic movement can spike blood pressure beyond normal limits.Not even last tech

In the News: January 28, 2010

January 28, 2010

Jan. 26 / Key Tronic posts higher earnings Key Tronic Corp., the Spokane Valley-based contract manufacturer, reported net income of $1.7 million, or 17 cents a diluted share, for its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended Dec. 26, up sharply

Calendar: January 28, 2010

January 28-February 11, 2010

January 28, 2010

Meetings & Events The Spokane chapter of the American Advertising Federation will hold a lunch meeting, featuring Michael Strassburger, of Modern Dog Design Co., of Seattle, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the of

Interstate bids lowest for U.S. 95 project

Idaho DOT will achieve big savings; agency credits competition, stable prices

January 14, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Interstate Concrete & Asphalt Co., of Coeur d'Alene, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $5.9 million, for an Idaho Transportation Department project to widen a two-mile stretch of U.S. 95 north of Hayden. The low bid was far less than of

Contractor moves to Valley from Colbert

January 14, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

American Ironworks & Erectors Inc. says it has leased shop and office space at the Central Business Park, at 11016 E. Montgomery, in Spokane Valley, and has moved its operations there from Colbert.Jim Andrews, owner and president, says the up

Northern Quest project is wrapping up - Art only

January 14, 2010

The exterior of the new 250-room hotel at the Kalispel Tribe's Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights, has been completed, and the focus now is on finishing interior guest rooms and public spaces. The hotel, which includes a big spa a

Idaho housing agency awards $3.5 million for delayed projects

January 14, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The Idaho Housing and Finance Association has awarded a total of $3.5 million in federal economic stimulus money to five low-income housing projects in North Idaho, including three Post Falls projects, through its tax credit assistance Idaho and is

SRTC's new pedestrian plan has public health emphasis

Plan's recommendation to adopt 'complete street' design policy has interest

January 14, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The Spokane Regional Transportation Commission board recently approved a six-year regional pedestrian plan that the agency created in coordination with the Spokane Regional Health District and other agencies.The agency's staff says the plan help

Sacred Heart tower project on hold

Four-story addition to hospital building originally was planned for completion in 2014

January 14, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital says that due to the softness of the economy, it has put on hold for now plans to add four additional stories and 75 patient beds to its west tower.Providence Sacred Heart recently a a