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Gonzaga, UW medical school partner on leadership program

Future doctors to learn emotional intelligence through new program
Kevin Blocker
Medical school can be a place to treat people without knowing a thing about them. That's why the University of Washington School of Medicine has entered a partnership with Gonzaga University's School of Leadership Studies to create
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Dollar Fulfillment purchase land in Post Falls

E-commerce company buys parcel adjacent to site for NanaMacs
Natasha Nellis
Hayden-based ecommerce fulfillment company Dollar Fulfillment has purchased 5 acres of land in the Bighorn Industrial Park, just off Hargrave Avenue in west Post Falls. Founder and CEO Jason Macek declines to comment on plans for the newly acquired land.
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Sanctions against Venezuela hit Gold Reserve hard

Sanctions block company from its operations there
Mike McLean
A cloud of uncertainty once again hangs over Gold Reserve Inc., a Canadian mining company with executive offices in Spokane. A quarterly earnings report the company released last month claims a recent escalation of international sanctions bars Gold
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Construction sector could see modest easing next year

Labor shortages persist, as does uncertainty about effects of I-976
Natasha Nellis
Cheryl Stewart contends that 2020 will be another strong year for the commercial construction industry, albeit not as strong as 2019. 'Everybody is sitting back watching for a recession,” says Stewart, executive director of the Inland Northwest
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Spokane real estate activity in 2020 to mirror '19

Demand for office space expected to increase
Natasha Nellis
Sales of single-family homes and condos are expected to slow even more in the coming year as supply continues to lag behind demand, say area experts. Rob Higgins, executive vice president of the Spokane Association of Realtors, expects the real estate
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Teetering on the edge of a tech revolution

Corporation competition challenges new tech
Natasha Nellis
Mark Michaelis, CEO of Spokane-based software company IntelliTect, contends a growing number of emerging exponential technologies -- those that can double in capability or performance, or reduce costs by half within a short time frame -- leads him to
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Momentum in Kootenai County expected to carry into 2020

Significant projects planned or underway help sustain economy
Mike McLean
Momentum from a decade of economic growth in Kootenai County is expected to carry over into 2020 with a mix of developments recently underway or planned for the coming year. The Coeur d'Alene City Council last month approved an urban renewal plan and
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Spokane economists predict 1.5% employment growth

Concerns persist about a deceleration this year
Linn Parish
After respectable – albeit slower – gains in employment this year, Spokane-area economists are projecting up to 1.5% growth in jobs next year. That would equate to roughly 3,000 new jobs in the Spokane Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2020, which
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