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Doused effort to alter I-937 flickers on

Bill to revise renewable energy criteria died, but sponsor predicts rebirth

June 4, 2009

Sen. Chris Marr, D-Spokane, who spearheaded a bill in the 2009 Washington Legislature to give electric utilities more ways to meet voter-approved renewable-energy standards, predicts the main points of the legislation will re-emerge in 2010. The in

Travel industry on a bumpy ride

Industry changes coupled with recession challenge agencies

June 4, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The travel industry has arrived at a new destination.Travel agencies, already reeling from the elimination earlier this decade of their main source of revenue—airline commissions—now also are adapting to reductions in consumer travel, &

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Valley nod looms on revitalization

Approval of latest version could come this month

June 4, 2009

Mike McLean

The city of Spokane Valley appears ready to give final approval this month to the latest version of the proposed Sprague-Appleway Revitalization Plan, says Mayor Rich Munson. The city hopes to attract a variety of private development projects by

Recession-ravaged economy is breeding ground for scams

It has never been more important to protect yourself, avoid schemes

June 4, 2009

Personal Investing

In the same way that a tiger attacks the weakest wildebeest in the herd, some humans kick others when they're down.Depleted investment accounts, rising home foreclosures, and lost jobs in this recession have turned 2009 into the hunting grounds

In the News: June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

May 29 / Davenport Hotel acquires Hotel Lusso The Davenport Hotel Inc., which operates the Davenport Hotel & Tower at 10 N. Post in downtown Spokane and is owned by Walt and Karen Worthy, said it had bought the four-story boutique at 1

Calendar: June 4, 2009

June 5-18, 2009

June 4, 2009

Meetings & Events A business fair and face-to-face meeting for local social network users will be held on Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Coeur d'Alene Resort, in Coeur d'Alene. Attendees will be able to learn about local and

Safco lands $2.2 million sewer project

May 21, 2009

David Cole

Safco Inc., of Hayden, has won a $2.2 million project to install sewer lines in the Rotchford Acres area near 16th Avenue and Sullivan Road, say county officials.Cindy Grasso, a county program specialist, says the planned sewer-line project is a

Idaho concern wins $1.1 million sewer project near Usk, Wash.

May 21, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Sackett Contracting & Excavating, of Nordman, Idaho, has won a $1.1 million contract to replace an aging gravity sewer system for the Ponderay Shores Water and Sewer District in Pend Oreille County, Washington.Work will begin this month to the

City of Davenport launches spate of recreation projects

Spokane-area companies designing and building community park facilities

May 21, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

About $3.1 million in projects are planned or under way in and around the city of Davenport, Wash., to upgrade a community park and add recreational facilities, including a new public swimming pool, skate park, park pavilion, and baseball and Inc.,

Some of nation's biggest home builders face bankruptcy

Analysis finds that more than 30 percent of them are in financial distress

May 21, 2009

A review of the 33 U.S. home builders with more than $10 million in annual revenue found recently that more than 30 percent were in financial distress and in danger of filing for bankruptcy.Grant Thornton Corporate Advisory & Restructuring part