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Desautel Hege, Hanna & Associates land prized contracts

DH, Hanna both land work with large casinos

February 11, 2016

Two longtime Inland Northwest marketing and public relations companies say they've reached noteworthy agreements to provide services to new clients. Desautel Hege Communications Inc., of Spokane, has landed contracts with both the city of Spokane Parks

Coeur d'Alene company buys Sixth Man Marketing

Marketing companies join forces in Cd'A

February 11, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

JEBCommerce LLC, a Coeur d'Alene-based marketing company, says it has acquired Sixth Man Marketing LLC, of Spokane. Last month, Sixth Man's five employees moved from its offices here at 542 W. Cataldo to join JEBCommerce's 28 employees in their of

UI center aims to teach cybersecurity specialists

Post Falls facility focuses on workforce training

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

The University of Idaho has launched its Cybersecurity Training and Operations Center, in Post Falls, where it hopes to educate and certify 350 information technology security specialists through hands-on simulated cyberattack response training in the nex

The Guided Cooperative startup has roots in Spokane

Founders hope to become the AirBnB for recreation

February 11, 2016

A Spokane native who now lives in Southern California says he is in the process of building a business that seeks to pair outdoor enthusiasts with third-party travel vendors, providing a sort of Airbnb Inc. for recreational buffs. Airbnb was founded in 2

River Linguistics Inc.: Unlocking language

A global reach flows out of Spokane-based River Linguistics Inc.

February 11, 2016

Treva Lind

A global reach flows out of Spokane-based River Linguistics Inc., a company offering a range of translation and interpreting services for businesses and agencies needing to communicate with non-English speakers. While written translations and verbal in

Stay Alfred doubles its rental properties portfolio

Company to add units in more markets this year

February 11, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Stay Alfred, the nationwide urban vacation rental firm based here, reports it has more than doubled its portfolio of properties. Having begun 2015 with 110 vacation rentals available in six U.S. cities, the company reported in a press release last month

National Furniture to move, raze longtime building along Division

High-traffic location leased out to Carl's Jr. franchisee

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

National Furniture Store Inc., the Spokane furniture retailer known for its 'No Baloneyâ€ tagline, plans to move out of its aging building on Division Street, which will be demolished and replaced with a national burger restaurant chain outlet, says Ma

Providence to develop psychiatric hospital

100-bed facility expected to cost about $37 million

February 11, 2016

Providence Health Care, which operates Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, Providence Holy Family Hospital, and other Inland Northwest facilities, will partner with Kirkland-based Fairfax Behavioral Health to build and operate

Work on Spokane's North-South freeway hits lull

However, other road improvements are slated in East Spokane this year

February 11, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Work on the $1.49 billion North Spokane Corridor project has hit a lull this year, despite the Washington state Legislature last year having approved $750 million to complete the long-awaited project. That doesn't mean, though, that contractors won'

Huge Indian Trail projects eyed

Potential 1,800 living units raise worries about traffic

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

Two developers are asking the city for comprehensive land-use plan amendments that would enable them to build potentially more than 1,800 dwelling units combined in the Indian Trail area, raising concerns about traffic congestion in the northwest Spokane