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Leone & Keeble seeing increase in work this year

Contractor specializes in schools, medical projects

April 10, 2014

Leone & Keeble Inc., a Spokane-based general contractor, anticipates an annual work volume of about $60 million worth of projects this year, up from about $52 million last year, says company President Craig Leone. Also, its profit margins have been

Infusion service provider sets move to larger space

Coram signs lease for old Thomasville site in Valley

April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

Denver-based Coram Specialty Infusion Services has leased the former Thomasville Furniture retail building, at 5511 E. Third, in Spokane Valley, and plans to move its Spokane branch there from smaller quarters, says a real estate broker involved in the le

Inland Power reports rise in net margins for 2013

Inland enacted 4.5 percent rate hike earlier this month

April 10, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, has posted net margins of $3.8 million for 2013, up from $2.1 million in 2012. Also, as it had indicated previously, the cooperative implemented a 4.5 percent rate increase as of the begi

Inland Northwest stock index rises slightly in first quarter

Market cap, however, declines during period

April 10, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Hart Capital Management Inc., a Spokane-based investment firm, says the stock value of 14 publicly traded Inland Northwest companies, as measured in an overall index it compiles, rose 0.5 percent percent in the first quarter of 2014, lagging behind the St

Multitenant warehouse project planned at Playfair Commerce Park

$3.2 million project eyed north of Scafco buildings

April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

Playfair Commerce Park LLC, of Spokane, is in the early planning stage for a $3.2 million, multitenant warehouse building at the site of the former horse racing track on the east edge of Spokane, a predevelopment application submitted to the city shows.

Health care insurance enrollment here is near top of exchange

Spokane County sign-up numbers rival Snohomish

April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

Washington State Health Benefit Exchange is one of the national leaders among states in enrolling participants in qualified health plans, and Spokane County is one of the top counties for enrollment in the state, based on preliminary data compiled by the

Convention Center project advances - Art Only

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April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

Leadership Spokane going strong after 30 years

More than 1,100 graduates have benefitted, departing exec says

April 10, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Over the last three decades, more than 1,100 people have graduated from the adult program at Leadership Spokane, a nonprofit that the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce and area business leaders created in 1982 to help foster civic leadership skills here. O

Clean technology laboratory building slated - Art Only

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April 10, 2014

Staff Report

Multifamily magnetism

Apartment market said to be hot for investors, developers

April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

At least three sizable apartment complexes with a total value of $42 million are in the construction pipeline in the Spokane area and several sources say they expect to see more apartment projects proposed and under construction here in the coming year.