Special Report

North Side veterinary clinic plans move to larger quarters

$1.2 million Indian Trail facility to open in summer

November 20, 2014

Rob Brown and Keri Bayley, partners in Spokane veterinarian practice Indian Trail Animal Hospital PS, are developing a $1.2 million clinic and plan to move their practice there from smaller quarters.

Insulation installer debuts energy-efficient showcase

New building incorporates innovations in sustainability

November 20, 2014

Mike McLean

Intermountain West Insulation & Garage Doors recently moved its Spokane Valley branch into a new building in which it has incorporated many of the energy-saving insulation products that it sells and installs for commercial and residential customers.

Two-building retail centers planned in east Post Falls

Complex near Walmart to have up to 14 tenants

November 20, 2014

Mike McLean

A Spokane real estate investment group is developing a two-building retail center in east Post Falls, says Paul Bielec a member of the investment group, Mullan North LLC.

Spokane County Assessor's Office endeavors to keep pace with growing market

Property values increase, near peak reached in '09

November 20, 2014

Judith Spitzer

With nearly 72 percent of the votes in the recent election, Republican Vicki Horton has four more years as Spokane County Assessor-and a mandate to keep doing what she's doing.

Kootenai County to move public defender's offices

Leased building said more secure than current space

November 20, 2014

Mike McLean

Kootenai County has leased a stand-alone building in northwest Coeur d'Alene, where it plans to move its public defender's office, giving it larger space and better security, says Dan Green, Kootenai County commissioner.

Affiliate of tenant acquires Broadway industrial park

Fast Way had leased its space there for 20 years

November 20, 2014

Mike McLean

Havana Properties LLC, a recently formed affiliate of Spokane-based Fast Way Freight Systems Inc., has bought the Broadway Terminal industrial park where Fast Way has been leasing space for more than two decades, says Mark Willard, Fast Way chief financia

Spokane has state's lowest homeowners' premiums

Study claims rate here averages $831 annually

November 20, 2014

Staff Report

Spokane has the lowest average annual homeowners' insurance premiums of any city in the state-at $831, or 16 percent below the state average-says a just-released study published by ValuePenguin.com, a consumer-focused research website based in New Y

Spokane Public Schools floats $204.9 million project list

Capital funding measure, M&O levy set for Feb. 15

November 20, 2014

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools has finalized its list of projects to be included in a $145 million bond measure that will go before voters on Feb. 15, along with a $202.5 million maintenance-and-operations levy measure.

Big expectations for big expansion at the Spokane Convention Center

Development brings exhibit hall space to 100,000 square feet

November 20, 2014

Katie Ross

The first phase of the $50 million, 92,000-square-foot Spokane Convention Center expansion project should be completed by mid-December, says the Spokane Public Facilities District.

Home Depot breach cost credit unions $60 million

CUNA survey finds that it affected 7.2 million cards

November 6, 2014

Staff Report

The data security breach at Home Depot stores in September cost credit unions nearly $60 million to reissue cards, deal with fraud, and cover other costs, according to the results of a new survey of credit unions released last week by the Credit Union Nat