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True Seals plans move to former Nott-Atwater space in Valley

Gasket maker to occupy former Nott-Atwater building by year's end

September 12, 2013

Custom gasket manufacturer True Seals LLC, the company co-founded by a former Nott-Atwater Co. executive after that company was sold and moved, has agreed to lease the former Nott-Atwater building, at 1309 N. Bradley, in Spokane Valley.Cody of

Itron launches multiunit metering system

Liberty Lake company reports early demand in European countries

September 12, 2013

Linn Parish

Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of utility metering reading technology, has rolled out a new product intended to gauge accurately energy usage in multifamily housing and multitenant commercial complexes.Called EquaScan, the product is a

New Valley Hospital CEO eyes upswing

Facility has undergone $18 million in upgrades, seen its discharges rise

September 12, 2013

Linn Parish

Standing in a new ambulatory operating suite in Valley Hospital days before it went live, new CEO Tim Moran recalls how different the operating rooms were when he worked in hospital maintenance as a college student in upstate New York 35-some years

Career-classroom connection gels with Access2Experience

Spokane to serve as pilot for Access2Experience platform

September 12, 2013

Treva Lind

Economic and workforce development groups here are promoting a newly launched Spokane-based online business, Access2Experience LLC, as a platform for connecting business professionals with students and educators to inspire future career Spokane is

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Liberty Mutual to expand at Liberty Lake

Greenstone will develop $7.3 million structure on Meadowwood campus

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Liberty Mutual Insurance, the Boston-based insurance conglomerate, has signed a long-term lease for a 64,000-square-foot building that Greenstone Corp. will develop for it on the Meadowwood Technology Campus, in Liberty Lake, says Wayne Frost, for

Spokane County unemployment hits lowest point since December 2008

September 12, 2013

The Washington state Employment Security Department announced today preliminary August employment data that put the Spokane County unemployment rate at 7.2 percent, its lowest level since December 2008. The preliminary August figure is down from a

Avista wants to raise rate for Washington state customers

September 12, 2013

Avista Corp. announced this morning that it has filed requests to raise rates for Washington state natural gas customers by 9.4 percent and for electric customers in the state by 2.1 percent.The Spokane-based utility is asking the Washington and a

Portland-based Umpqua to acquire Sterling Financial

September 12, 2013

Sterling Financial Corp., the Spokane-based parent of Sterling Bank, and Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. announced this afternoon that they had entered into a definitive agreement for Umpqua to acquire Sterling. The total value of the planned

Calendar: September 12, 2013

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September 12, 2013

Meetings & EventsThe Inland Northwest chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will hold its September chapter meeting on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The topic will be Discovering

In the News: September 12, 2013

September 12, 2013

Sept. 5 / Initiative decision upheld A Washington state Court of Appeals commissioner here denied a motion by Envision Spokane that sought to stay an order by Spokane County Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno removing the organization's from a