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Avista settles on rate hike

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August 14, 2014

Avista Corp., of Spokane, would be able to raise electric and natural gas rates in Washington on Jan. 1, but not as much as it originally had proposed, if a settlement agreement is approved by the Washington Utilities and Transportation.

Small Business Watch

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August 14, 2014

Staff Report

Ensuring 'green' works as promised

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August 14, 2014

Don Brunell

Reducing mankind's carbon footprint has become the defining issue of our time and rightly so. Virtually every level of government has policies to reduce greenhouse gases by regulating everything from industrial CO2 emissions to cow flatulence. But as

Skils'kin buys building, moves division

Payee services now occupy larger quarters

August 14, 2014

Katie Ross

Skils'kin Inc., the Spokane-based nonprofit that offers services to people with disabilities, has bought a building at 606 W. Sharp for $230,000 and has moved its payee services division there, says Kym Grime, the division's director. The one-story b

Manufacturing facility construction takes off - Art only

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August 14, 2014

Mike McLean

Trindera Engineering expands downtown office

Cd'A-based concern's staff has grown by half

August 14, 2014

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene-based Trindera Engineering Inc. has doubled the size of its downtown Spokane office, says Katie Fitzpatrick, a spokeswoman for the company. Trindera now occupies all 6,000 square feet of floor space in the two-story structure at 221 W. Ma

Children's Home Society opens North Side mental health facility

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August 14, 2014

Staff Report

The Children's Home Society of Washington, a Seattle-based child-advocacy nonprofit, has opened a mental health office in the Northeast Community Center, at 4001 N. Cook. The office will provide children and families in north Spokane greater access to

Ex-Im bank supporters weigh reauthorization

Manufacturers here contend its closure would hurt them

August 14, 2014

Judith Spitzer

The fight over whether to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, the government's export credit agency that helps foreign companies buy U.S. goods, is frustrating to some Spokane-area manufacturers and business owners. They support the reauthorization of t

Lake's Cakes Bakery opens near Gonzaga

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August 14, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Lake's Cakes Bakery has opened at 1718 N. Hamilton, specializing in custom-order cakes and what owner Ryan Lake calls his mason jar treats-three layers of gooey butter frosting and moist cake in an eight-ounce mason jar. Lake and his partner, Natali

Trucking leasing company expands its space, services

Husky Idealease adds filter cleaning, wheel alignments

August 14, 2014

Katie Ross

The Spokane Valley outlet of Seattle-based commercial-vehicle leasing company Husky Idealease Inc. has expanded to occupy all 16,000 square feet of its building, substantially increasing the space it's using there, general manager Chris McDevitt says.