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Inslee launches new effort to trim unemployed ranks

Proposals for $4 million in funding due this month
April 10, 2014
Staff Report
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee last month directed the state Employment Security Department to deploy $4 million in federal funds in new efforts to put the long-term unemployed back to work. 'To continue our economic recovery and build a Washington that
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—Judith Spitzer

Washington state's first charter school targets fall 2015 opening

PRIDE Prep founder work to raise its startup funds
April 10, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Organizers of Spokane-based PRIDE Prep School of Technology and Science, the first charter school approved in Washington state, are laying the groundwork now to open in the fall of 2015. Led by former Spokane public school teacher and administrator Bre
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—Katie Ross

Helping children with autism find their voice

Graduate students assist pre-K autistic children with verbalization skills
April 10, 2014
Katie Ross
Washington State University Spokane has partnered with Northwest Autism Center, of Spokane, to launch an interdisciplinary program for speech and hearing sciences graduate students to gain hands-on experience while helping children with autism spectrum di
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—Mike McLean

Assisting departing workers in transition to new jobs

Moloney+O'Neill unit hits outplacement niche
April 10, 2014
Mike McLean
Jerry Smith, at Spokane-based insurance and employee-benefits brokerage Moloney+O'Neill, helps departing employees of certain companies pursue other career options. As director of career-transition and outplacement services at Moloney+O'Neill, Smit
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Communication can deter medical-leave challenges

Employers, employees must know ground rules
April 10, 2014
Kara Craig and Krisann Hatch
Traversing requirements for granting unpaid medical leave and leave as an accommodation for individuals with disabilities can be complicated for employers and employees unless everyone at the workplace knows the ground rules. Best practices for stat
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—Kim Crompton

New Valley events center operator looks to revive U-City space

Glover Mansion Events LLC expands its presence here
March 27, 2014
Kim Crompton
Glover Mansion Events LLC, of Spokane, owned by Bob Adolfson and his wife, Kimberly Coy, has opened a new event center in Spokane Valley, and Adolfson says it has gotten off to an encouraging start. The Spokane Valley Event Center is located at 10514 E.
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Owner plans to spruce up Holiday Inn near airport

Work expected to start by fall, cost $1.5 million
March 27, 2014
Lucas Thayer
BHG Hotels LLC, the Wilsonville, Ore.-based company that owns the Holiday Inn Spokane Airport, at 1616 S. Windsor, plans to renovate the 80,000-square-foot hotel's two meeting spaces, 122 guest rooms, main lobby area, and its in-house restaurant, Peppe
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—Worthy Enterprises LLC

Hotel promoters here predict some pain before gain

New hotel's rooms will take time for market to absorb
March 27, 2014
Mike McLean
The Spokane-area hospitality market could take up to five years to absorb all of the new rooms that the new convention center hotel will add to it when the 715-room establishment opens downtown in the summer of 2015, lodging and tourism promoters says. I
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—Katie Ross

Framework Meetings is expecting solid growth in 2014

Company to coordinate two events at Cd'A Resort in April
March 27, 2014
Katie Ross
Coeur d'Alene-based Framework LLC, which does business as Framework Meetings & Destinations, expects to book more than 50 corporate training events and meetings and more than 120 other events throughout the U.S., say co-owners Wendi Haught and Scott She
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—Katie Ross

Bennett House touts respite for senior caregivers

Adult day-care center opens in Coeur d'Alene
February 27, 2014
Katie Ross
Coeur d'Alene businessmen Rick Bennett and George Cunningham have opened an adult day care facility, called Bennett House, to provide caretakers some respite from tending to elderly loved ones. Bennett and Cunningham formed a partnership to open Ben
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