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Hotel facelift gains momentum - Art only

February 2, 2012

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is well under way on a $1.5 million exterior upgrade at the Holiday Inn Express located on a basalt outcropping just north of downtown Spokane, at 801 N. Division. Designed by Steven Meek Architects, of the

Small Business Watch

February 2, 2012

Hobby shop to open in Garland districtNitro Killers, a hobby shop that sells remote-controlled cars and trucks, is slated to open in March in the Garland District, on Spokane's North Side.Husband-and-wife team Austin and Shannon Else a at W.

Shoe repairer adds shop on North Side

February 2, 2012

Richard Vogt, owner and operator of the One Stop Shoe Shop, at 503 E. 30th on Spokane's South Hill, says he has opened a second outlet, near the Division Y on the North Side.The new shop occupies a 600-square-foot leased space at 9433 N. in the

North Idaho grocers erect 12th store in Bonners Ferry

Super 1 outlet to hire about 85 employees; June opening planned

February 2, 2012

Mike McLean

Manito Super 1 Foods Inc., a Spokane company owned by Hayden-based, father-and-son grocers Ron and Randy McIntire, is constructing a supermarket in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, it 12th overall.The project cost will total about $10 million, including 1

Product developer to move to big Liberty Lake complex

Design Source Solutions to expand, plans to hire 15 more people this year

February 2, 2012

Treva Lind

Design Source Solutions Inc., a Liberty Lake-based product development and manufacturing firm, expects to move this month into a newly upgraded space in the Meadowwood Technology Campus, also in Liberty Lake.The company will occupy almost 5,200

Kalispels look to expand Fatburger franchise here

Economic development agency aims for growth outside current holdings

February 2, 2012

Mike McLean

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is looking to expand its Fatburger franchise, starting with an outlet in Spokane.Representatives of the Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority met recently with city planners to look into opening a Fatbuger restaurant a

Hotel completes two-year, $4.6 million update project

DoubleTree adds Hilton to name, capping off upgrades

February 2, 2012

Mike McLean

The DoubleTree hotel downtown has completed a two-year, $4.6 million update topped with a name change that references its parent company.Mike McLeod, the hotel's general manager, says the name change to Double Tree by Hilton Spokane City Center,

A sharper security view

February 2, 2012

Treva Lind

Operating out of a renovated fire station in Cheney, Cascadia Video Products LLC plans to deploy a newer technology on a wider scale for closed-circuit security systems that its owners say produce high-definition images on par with Blu-ray disc for

Farm Credit refund hits new record

Coop's stockholders get patronage checks totaling $53 million

February 2, 2012

Kim Crompton

Northwest Farm Credit Services, the big Spokane-based ag-lending cooperative, says it's sending out to its stockholders patronage refund checks totaling $53 million.FDS Board Chairman Kevin Riel said in a press release that this year's refund is

Bankruptcy filings fall in Inland Northwest

Spokane County's drop outpaces district; Cd'A court sees slight decline

February 2, 2012

Linn Parish

There were almost 1,000 fewer bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington last year than in the previous year, the second consecutive year of declining activity, year-end data show.Consumers and businesses filed 6,214 bankruptcy petitions last year