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—Mike McLean

Niche machine shop in North Idaho eyes further expansion

Northwest Swiss mulls adding bone-screw line of products
September 25, 2014
Mike McLean
Northwest Swiss Inc., a Hayden, Idaho, precision parts manufacturer that expanded operations just last year, is considering adding a new line of products that would require it to expand once again, says Monty Spencer, the company's founder. The company
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—Mike McLean

Spokane-area school bond measures could top $480 million

Several funding requests aimed at February ballots
September 25, 2014
Mike McLean
A number of Spokane-area school districts are looking to put bond measures before voters early next year that propose construction projects valued collectively at more than $480 million. The largest of those would be a bond measure recently aired by the
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—Judith Spitzer

When older adults go back to school

Career change, love of learning top lists of retirees' motivations
September 25, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Dr. Erik Strandness studied and practiced neonatal intensive-care medicine in Spokane for 25 years before retiring at the age of 51, in 2009, to pursue a graduate degree in theology at Whitworth University. After graduating in 2011, he took a position w
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Gold Reserve awarded $740 million in Venezuelan mine dispute

Legal battle with South American country finally might be nearing end
September 25, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mine-exploration company that sued the Venezuelan government after that country seized the company's primary mining property, has been awarded $740.3 million in compensation for the loss, says company President Doug
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—Mike McLean

Environmental law pioneer moves toward sunset of career

Cd'A attorney Scott Reed ending 58-year practice
September 25, 2014
Mike McLean
At the age of 86, longtime Coeur d'Alene attorney Scott Reed finally decided earlier this year to retire, although he admits he's not very good at it yet. Though he's not taking new cases, the sole practitioner known even by friends as an environme
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—Judith Spitzer

Method Juice Café squeezes out a niche

Downtown restaurant seeks out sustainable ingredients, supplies
September 11, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Tyler Lafferty and Nick Murto, arguably two of Spokane's busiest entrepreneurs, are intensely passionate about socially responsible business practices as well as sustainability and good health, a few reasons they opened Method Juice Café two years ago
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Pitching prosperity as priority

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September 11, 2014
Mike Flynn
The presidents of three major business organizations in the state went on the road this summer, logging 1,000 miles by car to visit with business people in a dozen communities in an effort to create a common strategic focus for not just the coming legisla
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STA Plaza review must stay focused

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September 11, 2014
Staff Report
Downtown business interests must be laser-focused in their analyses of the proposed Spokane Transit Authority Plaza renovation and must use their influence to ensure development of a safe, vibrant public space in the city's core from which buses move ef
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