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Silverwood Theme Park extends season with Scarywood

Scarywood, community days keep attendance on the rise

September 27, 2012

Silverwood Theme Park's season-extending strategies, which include community promotions in September and converting the park to a spooky attraction in October, help the park continue to set new attendance records, says Nancy DiGiammarco, marketing

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Aircraft component manufacturer Triumph Composite to hike hiring

Aerospace supplier ramps up toward 700 workers

September 27, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane-based Triumph Composite Systems Inc., which manufactures composite interior components for commercial aircraft, expects to ramp up hiring by next year to keep pace with Boeing Co.'s scheduled production increases.Tim Stevens, Triumph a

In the News

September 27, 2012

Sept. 25 / Inland Imaging, Seattle groups to merge Inland Imaging Associates PS and Seattle Radiologists APC said they plan to combine their two professional radiology groups effective Jan. 1, 2013. With their merging, the new company will have

Calendar

September 27, 2012

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a Conversation with the Candidates on Tuesday, Oct. 2, beginning at 11:30 a.m., at Valley Hospital Education Center, 12606 E. Mission. Fourth district State Rep. Matt Shea and

Moving workers beyond three Rs

September 13, 2012

Mike Marzetta and Steve Leahy

The business world is putting a new spin on reading, writing, and arithmetic.Yes, these "hard" skills are still very important, but employers increasingly also are looking for workers proficient in the "soft" skills - the ability to analyze a and

Moderate Means provides affordable counsel

Young statewide system links attorneys, people with moderate income

September 13, 2012

Treva Lind

A legal-assistance program with ties to Gonzaga University's law school has started filling a previously unmet statewide need to provide affordable representation to moderate-income households, says an attorney based at the school.Called Means,

Drop in enrollment leads to law school lull

Inland Northwest schools say they choose maintaining standards over filling seats

September 13, 2012

Mike McLean

The two Inland Northwest law schools—Gonzaga University School of Law and the University of Idaho College of Law—are enrolling fewer students into their three-year programs this year than in recent years, due largely to a declining number

Community organization gets $3 million state grant

SNAP hopes to prevent about 500 foreclosures within next five years

September 13, 2012

Jessica Valencia

Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs, or SNAP, has been awarded a $3 million grant by the state to go toward its foreclosure prevention program.SNAP is one of 13 Washington nonprofits to get a portion of the $43.8 million the state received to a

Providence breaks ground on $58 million complex

Medical services provider to expand Valley presence with new outpatient center

September 13, 2012

Mike McLean

Providence Health Care, the Spokane-based medical network, has started construction of a $58 million medical center that will expand its outpatient services greatly in Spokane Valley.The 127,000-square-foot facility will be located on 11 acres a

Small Business Watch

September 13, 2012

Post Falls printer adds equipmentMinute Press, a longtime Post Falls commercial printer, has added about $105,000 in new equipment that it says will enable it to offer a high-quality product with a faster, short-run turnaround. Owner Mark the