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Seamless wallet maker launches first product line

Leather goods produced without thread, metal, glue

August 14, 2014

A new company here, called PACT LLC, is creating and selling leather wallets and cases, but with a twist: The products are made with absolutely nothing but leather. 'It's built on the idea of how do we create a case or satchel that doesn't use typi

Third annual manufacturing expo slated next month

Range of product makers expected to be on hand

August 14, 2014

Virginia Thomas

Manufacturers from a broad range of industry sectors are expected to gather here for the third annual Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Aerospace Expo, which will be held Sept. 29-30. The expo aims to highlight opportunities for Inland Northwest manufac

Hop Jack's restaurant to open in Spokane Valley Mall space

Second Spokane-area eatery set to employ 90

August 14, 2014

Virginia Thomas

Rock Solid Restaurants LLC, an Auburn, Wash.-based restaurant chain operator, has leased 5,000 square feet of floor space in Spokane Valley Mall and plans to open a Hop Jack's restaurant there in early November. The eatery will be Rock Solid's secon

Diamonds in the Ruff: All dogs, new tricks

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August 14, 2014

Katie Ross

When Carol Byrnes, co-owner of Spokane dog training business Diamonds in the Ruff, first entered the world of dog training, rewards-based, positive-reinforcement methods weren't the norm, she says. 'When I started out, everyone was issued a choke ch

Art barrier planned to hide downtown lot

Third, Division project to beautify gateway

August 14, 2014

Judith Spitzer

City, community, and arts leaders are combining efforts to improve a vacant lot at Third Avenue and Division Street-currently filled with rebar, bits of broken concrete foundation, and dried-out weeds-by putting up a portable, 420-foot plywood fence t

A sewing resurgence

Industry activity indicates sales, employment growth

August 14, 2014

Mike McLean

After years of contraction in the sewing manufacturing industry, some remaining sewing manufacturers here are seeing a resurgence in sales and employment growth, and others are looking at setting up operations in the Inland Northwest, some industry source

Veteran Spokane bond attorneys join national firm

Koegen says he expects office here to add lawyers

August 14, 2014

Kim Crompton

The two veteran bond attorneys and two paralegals who comprised the Spokane law firm of Koegen Edwards LLP have joined with Kutak Rock LLP, giving that big national firm its first presence in Washington state and the legal team here much deeper expertise

Hewescraft fishing boat maker preps for facility expansion

Hewes Marine boosting its space by almost half

August 14, 2014

Katie Ross

Hewes Marine Co., the Colville, Wash.-based manufacturer of Hewescraft aluminum fishing boats, is in the architectural planning stages of a $2 million facility expansion, says Tim Baris, the company's operations and finance director. Garco Constructi

Life sciences recruitment startup launches here

Business plans to hire more staff next month

August 14, 2014

Katie Ross

Two veterans of the life sciences industry have partnered to form a new biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry talent recruitment business here, called Celere LLC. Former Jubilant HollisterStier CEO Marcelo Morales and Justin Rayment, who owns a sepa

Recent Inland Northwest storm costs are still mounting

Some assessing losses; others benefit from work

August 14, 2014

Mike McLean

As the Inland Northwest reels from nature's one-two punch of a pair of violent windstorms in late July and early August, some businesses have yet to tally losses, while cleanup and repair services and suppliers anticipate big gains. The first of the tw