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Brookdale Place at Harbor Crest taps need

'Person-centered' facility focuses on quality of life, maintains high occupancy

April 23, 2015

Brookdale Place at Harbor Crest aims to enrich the lives of residents at the retirement community by ensuring they have opportunities to make the best of each day, says Sandra Bachmeyer, sales manager at the South Hill complex.

Community colleges prioritize entrepreneurship

Avista Corp. supporting programs at both SCC, NIC

April 9, 2015

Inland Northwest community colleges are beginning to take on a business ownership angle in some of their course offerings. Both Spokane Community College and North Idaho College have entrepreneurship programs into which Spokane-based Avista Corp. has inve

WSU program looks to fulfill hospitality training

Online courses designed to help working students

April 9, 2015

Nancy Swanger

Spokane has long enjoyed strong-rooted success in community involvement and with marquee local events such as Hoopfest and Bloomsday, both of which draw national participation. Add to this the construction underway at the Davenport Grand Hotel, and it's

Smokers found increasingly expensive to employ

More employers develop tobacco-free workplaces

April 9, 2015

Robin Pickering

Hiring a smoker could cost business owners nearly $6,000 extra per year. That was the finding of a recent study comparing the cost of employees who smoke with nonsmokers, published in the peer reviewed journal Tobacco Control. This cost includes increa

Terry Chambers, Doohong Park, and Tim Taylor say the SBDCâ€™s internship program is mutually beneficial to interns and businesses.

SBDC research intern program: Going beyond borders

Research interns provide insight into international markets

April 9, 2015

Katie Ross

The Washington State University Small Business Development Center's research internship program is giving college and graduate students real-life research experience while also helping Washington businesses with export market research.

AgForestry program seeks new candidates

Foundation based here offering 24 fellowships

April 9, 2015

Staff Report

The Washington Agriculture and Forestry Foundation, which has its main offices in Spokane, says it's seeking qualified candidates statewide for up to 24 fellowships in Leadership Class No. 38 of its AgForestry Leadership Program.

Spokane International Academy to open this fall

Old St. Patrick's building to house charter school

April 9, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Spokane International Academy, one of two free charter schools authorized by Spokane Public Schools to open this fall, is putting the finishing touches on the 1914 building in Hillyard that will house its first students, says Travis Franklin, the schoolâ€

Chateau Rive flourishes through collaboration

Bozzi, Adolfson meld talents to energize facility

March 26, 2015

In the elevator-access-only, bottom level of the Flour Mill at 621 W. Mallon is an intimate, stone-wall room with an old world feel that's been named the Chateau Rive. Occupying around 5,200 square feet of space, the Chateau Rive is an event center owne

Spokane Woman's Club venue draws more activity, members

104-year-old building slated to be renovated, updated

March 26, 2015

Judith Spitzer

The Spokane Woman's Club is experiencing what members hope are the first signs of a renaissance for the organization, which has seen its membership decline over the past 30 years. It now is looking to renovate its more than 100-year-old clubhouse on the

Tourism conference on tap for North Idaho

Summit will emphasize teamwork for success

March 26, 2015

Mike McLean

Regional tourism professionals will gather in Coeur d'Alene next month to collect and share ideas on how to further strengthen one of North Idaho's top industries, says Christina Petit, director of sales and marketing at the Best Western Plus Coeur dâ