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Five Best Westerns across U.S. shift to Magnuson Hotels brand

Independently-owned properties span country from Arizona to Georgia

May 23, 2013

Magnuson Hotels, a hotel group that offers reservation and property management services with headquarters in Spokane and London, says it has signed licensing contracts with five former Best Western hotels that have converted to the Magnuson says in

Charities here plan $26 million Airway Heights project

Three organizations to develop 25-acre site into affordable housing

May 23, 2013

Catholic Charities of Spokane says it has agreed to purchase 25 acres of land in Airway Heights for about $430,000 and will partner with two other nonprofits here to develop several types of affordable housing on the property at a total cost of $26

Sharing gilded Lillie's

May 23, 2013

Mike McLean

A Spokane couple has launched a hospitality venture, Vintage Rentals LLC, which has debuted as its flagship property an ornately decorated private bungalow set in the west central Spokane neighborhood.Keith Kelley says he and his wife, Kendra, a

Arc of Spokane expands holdings east of downtown

Organization to continue leasing out CU structure, hold it for future growth

May 23, 2013

Mike McLean

The Arc of Spokane, a nonprofit that has been based for the last two years in the former Inland Power & Light Co. building, at 320 E. Second, has bought an adjacent building occupied partly by Horizon Credit Union, says Greg Falk, Arc's executive a

Liberty Lake surveillance product maker OpenEye fill big national contract

Liberty Lake's OpenEye sells equipment placed in Carl's Jr., Hardee's outlets

May 23, 2013

Treva Lind

Liberty Lake-based PC Open Inc., a maker of digital video recorders and surveillance equipment doing business as OpenEye, says California-based CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc. is rolling out its products in 900 Carl's Jr. and Hardee's eateries is 80

Spokane mulls food truck regulations

Changes to food vendor ordinances likely to go before council in June

May 23, 2013

Jessica Valencia

With mobile food vendors gaining popularity here, the city of Spokane is considering changes to its municipal code that would affect food-truck and food-cart operators as early as this summer.The proposed changes, which were the subject of a and

Caterpillar distribution center clicks into high gear

Spokane's distribution plant runs first full-volume year; posts top on-time delivery

May 23, 2013

Treva Lind

The new Caterpillar Logistics Service Inc. distribution plant on the West Plains, which was built last year and began stocking last fall, has ramped shipping up to 10,000 heavy-equipment parts per day.Brad Gile, the logistics center's manager, a

Casual comeback for Spokane's formal wear

Attire errs on simpler side; industry shows signs of life

May 23, 2013

Jessica Valencia

The formal-wear industry took a hit from the recession as more consumers tightened their purse strings, a decline that experts here say hasn't been helped by a trend in recent years of weddings and social events opting for more casual some tuxedo a

Roughly $25 million in construction planned at River Run

Builder to erect 172 housing units valued at $25 million

May 23, 2013

Mike McLean

Copper Basin Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, has begun a flurry of planned residential construction valued at roughly $25 million on a portion of the big River Run development near the Spokane River in northwest Spokane.The construction a a

Coeur d'Alene lighting distributor taps LED niche

Catalyst foresees bright future for energy-saving products at business sites

May 9, 2013

Mike McLean

Cory Turnbull, president and owner of Catalyst LEDs LLC, says the outlook for the Coeur d'Alene company is growing only brighter.Catalyst specializes in designing and distributing commercial and industrial lighting systems that use diodes, than