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Union Pacific completes North Idaho line upgrades

$10.9 million job involved 95-mile segment of rail between Eastport, Athol
July 5, 2012
Treva Lind
Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific Railroad recently has completed a $10.9 million infrastructure upgrade for 95 miles of a rail line that runs between the small communities of Athol and Eastport in North Idaho. This Union Pacific railroad line to
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—Rendering courtesy of Nystrom Olson Architecture

New buildings envisioned at Kendall Yards - Art only

July 5, 2012
Buildings for the Inlander newspaper and Spa Paradiso are planned to be among the first commercial buildings in the Kendall Yards mixed-use development, northwest of downtown Spokane. Each building is valued at $1.2 million, and work is expected to
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Community college starts renovation of stadium, field

$2 million-plus in work is planned this summer at 40-year-old structure
July 5, 2012
Treva Lind
Renovation work totaling more than $2 million is getting under way at the Spokane Falls Community College stadium and sports field.AM Landshaper Inc., a Spokane-based landscape contractor, started this month on a portion of the project under a a
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Bank touts home ownership via employer-aided program

Incentives together can help make mortgages pencil out for workforce
July 5, 2012
Mike McLean
Seattle-based residential lender HomeStreet Inc. has brought a program here that's aimed at making homeownership more accessible to workforces of participating employers by reducing mortgage-related costs and fees, says Andy Slipper, Spokane-area a
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Inland Asphalt set to begin $1.7 million I-90 project

Six-mile leg of highway west of Spokane to be resurfaced, upgraded
July 5, 2012
Chey Scott
The Washington state Department of Transportation has awarded a contract valued at just under $1.7 million to Spokane-based Inland Asphalt Co. to resurface about six miles of Interstate 90 on the West Plains.Spokane-based DOT spokesman Al Gilson
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—Rendering courtesy of Nystrom Olson Architecture

Walker Construction starts work on new STCU branch

Credit union plans to open 16th location late this year in the Moran Prairie area
July 5, 2012
Treva Lind
Spokane Teachers Credit Union has started construction of its 16th branch, which is scheduled to open late this year on Spokane's South Hill.The 4,000-square-foot structure, which STCU plans to call its Moran Prairie branch, is being erected at
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

U District project steel rises - Art only

July 5, 2012
The $78 million Washington State University Biomedical and Health Sciences Building comes out of the ground on the Riverpoint Campus. The 110,000-square-foot structure will house part of the WWAMI Medical Education Program, the WSU Medical and the
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SIA selects Lydig to erect new building

Airport is investing nearly $13 million in bolstering snow-removal capability
July 5, 2012
Chey Scott
The Spokane Airport Board has awarded a $7.5 million contract to Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. to erect a building at Spokane International Airport for storing new snow-removal equipment purchased recently for more than $3.8 spokesman Todd
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—Photo courtesy of SilverWing of Sandpoint LLC

Sandpoint fly-in community throttles up

After years of contention, FAA directed to allow runway access easements
July 5, 2012
Mike McLean
The long-planned, $26 million-plus SilverWing at Sandpoint fly-in community once again is revving up its marketing now that access to the runway at Sandpoint, Idaho, is free of federal red tape, clearing the development for takeoff, says Michael in
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Consumer spending index posts three-month increase

Sustained trend is first since September 2010 as energy prices drop
July 5, 2012
News Wise
In May, the Deloitte Consumer Spending Index posted its first three-month increase since September 2010.The index tracks consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending. "The index's increase is due to an ongoing slowdown in a
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