Pete Taylor has been in the restaurant industry for most of his life, working most recently as an executive chef with a catering company when he decided to spice things up by launching his own business, SAVORx LLC.The company, which Taylor two I
Of the Journal of BusinessDesautel Hege Communications, a Spokane-based public relations and marketing company, has named Michelle Hege as president and CEO, replacing Cher Desautel effective this month.Jim and Cher Desautel, a husband and
Parts Wholesalers Inc., an automotive parts wholesale and retail chain based here, is expecting its second year of sales growth this year following the opening of a Post Falls store last year, and a larger new Coeur d'Alene store earlier this year,
West Corp., an Omaha, Neb.-based call center operator, says the company will be adding more than 200 new employees to its downtown Spokane call center beginning this month. The additional workers will boost the workforce at its downtown center a
The Spokane Business & Industrial Park has seen its occupancy rate and revenues slowly improve over the last few years, although both measures have some ground to make up to reach prerecession levels, says Dean Stuart, director of marketing for of
Iron Bridge LLC, of Spokane, expects to start construction this fall on two new connected buildings valued at up to $20 million at the Iron Bridge Office Campus along the Spokane River east of downtown, says Kent Hull, the company's managing says a
Felicia Jensen, a 45-year-old operations officer stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, is nearing the end of a 26-year career in the U.S. Air Force, although looking for a job during the past few months has left the question of "What's next?" her
Total executive compensation at Inland Northwest publicly traded companies increased in 2012 at virtually the same double-digit rate as in 2011, the Journal of Business' annual analysis shows.The 13.2 percent increase in average total last year
Meetings & EventsThe West Plains Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly membership breakfast on Thursday, July 11, from 7 to 8:30 a.m., at Eastern Washington University's Tawanka Hall, in Cheney. Virginia Hinch, of EWU, will discuss business
June 30 / Projects here in state construction budgetThe Washington Legislature passed a $3.5 billion spending plan for capital construction projects that included funding for a number of projects here, including $11.8 million to expand the in It