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Pawn 1 set to open three more outlets

Spokane chain soon to expand to 19 stores

August 27, 2015

Pawn 1 Inc., the Spokane-based pawnshop chain, has big growth plans, including moving its corporate offices downtown next month and opening three new stores to bring its total store count to 19 by spring, says Mark Lax, the company's president and major

Met, Summit trusts OK'd for one last extension

Beneficiaries could reap close to $60 million in all

August 27, 2015

Kim Crompton

Investors hoping to recoup a larger portion of the money they had tied up in Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. and Summit Securities Inc. before those affiliated companies here shut down 11 years ago have received some encouraging news. Based on the

Spanning the district

Gateway Bridge project seen as East Sprague spark

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Now that funding is committed to erect the long-envisioned $15.4 million University District pedestrian bridge, the next step is to coordinate public and private development to maximize the critical access link, says Mark Mansfield, the new Spokane Univer

49 Degrees selling homesites

Sales kick off $500 million development at ski resort

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Chewelah, Wash.-based 49 Degrees North Ski Area, located about 60 miles north of Spokane, is kicking off a $500 million Sunrise Basin resort community today by putting on the market a mix of 35 single-family and multiunit residential lots near the base of

North Side spa retailer moves to larger space

Apollo to consolidate its two stores at Valley location

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

Apollo Spas, a Spokane-born hot tub and spa equipment manufacturer and retailer, is moving its former North Side operations to larger quarters near Interstate 90 this weekend and also plans to consolidate its longtime Spokane Valley operations there by ea

Bar owners move operations to Spokane's University District

Fox Hole opens on Boone as Garland Drinkery closes

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane couple Deborah and William Weisgerber have opened The Fox Hole, a new bar and pizza eatery in the University District, and they've moved their pub operations there from the Garland District. The Fox Hole occupies 1,600 square feet of leased spa

Small Business Watch

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August 13, 2015

Staff Report

New city incentive takes needed steps

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August 13, 2015

Staff Report

The city of Spokane's proposed Economic Investment Program would give the city a more active role in attracting new businesses and helping established companies grow. The program also stands to give business recruiters another sorely-needed tool they ca

Seeing need for sick-leave policy

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August 13, 2015

Kate Hansen

I've owned and operated SantÃ© restaurant in downtown Spokane for the past seven years, and with the addition of Common Crumb Bakery, the two businesses now employ roughly 30 people. As we have grown, it is becoming more and more important to me to find

Virtual wedding planner already poised to expand

New Cd'A-based startup connects clients, services

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

A team of Coeur d'Alene-area entrepreneurs led by Erik Hayton has launched Wedding Nook Inc., an online clearinghouse for planning weddings. Wedding Nook's website enables anyone planning a wedding to enter a budget, select desired services, and mark