Education & Talent

Gonzaga Prep works on gym project while fundraising

Wrestling program will be in new stand-alone building

June 22, 2017

The Gonzaga Preparatory School athletic and fitness facilities renewal campaign has raised enough contributions to start work on the first two of three phases planned for the $6.5 million construction project. The first two phases include construction of

Central Valley School District starts work on $19 million new school

Riverbend Elementary set to be finished in mid-2018

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Central Valley School District has started construction on its new Riverbend Elementary School, which it's developing at 17720 E. Mission, in Spokane Valley. Marla Nunberg Genther, director of communications for the district, says the $19 million proje

Cheney schools ready for overhaul

$52M in projects to ease crowding in growing district

June 8, 2017

Jeff McClure has spent 33 years working for the Cheney School District, the last 12 in his current role as the district's maintenance and operations director. There may be no one affiliated with the district happier than McClure since Cheney district ta

WSU halts Jensen-Byrd negotiations

College to revisit master plan to support medical school

June 6, 2017

Mike McLean

Washington State University has halted ground-lease negotiations with a development company that had planned to redevelop the historic Jensen-Byrd building and surrounding properties on the WSU Spokane campus east of downtown. Stacy Pearson, WSU's Pu

Pride Prep to double its space soon

Expansion in preparation for high school classes

May 25, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Pride Prep, Spokane's first charter school, has begun remodeling a space that will double its size and accommodate its first high school classes this fall. The organization's middle school, which opened in 2015, currently occupies a 15,000-square-fo

SCC plans $20 million in upgrades at Old Main Building

New entrance intended to highlight retail spaces

May 25, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Community College is planning a $20 million expansion and remodeling project that will enlarge and update some instructional spaces in the Old Main Building on the south side of its campus. The SCC campus is located at 1810 N. Greene, and the Ol

Exiting WSU chancellor mulls next challenge

Brown foresees health care remaining big focus for her

May 25, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

As Washington State University Spokane Chancellor Lisa Brown enters her final months in that position, she says timing and opportunity have intersected to mold her time at the school. 'In some ways, I've just been in the right place at the right tim

SCC takes it up a degree with first four-year program

Expanded offering to prep respiratory therapists

May 11, 2017

Treva Lind

Demand for respiratory therapists is growing alongside that discipline's increased educational requirements, soon to be packaged into Spokane Community College's first four-year degree program. Starting next fall, SCC will offer its new bachelor of a

Lydig awarded $25 million Leavenworth school job

Project includes classroom addition, gym improvements

April 27, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has been awarded a $25 million contract to modernize Cascade High School, in Leavenworth, says Lisa Shier, a project manager for Lydig. The project will include demolishing and replacing the classroom and administrat

Garco to start work soon on $4 million Trinity Catholic School job

Structure to be erected on north Cedar Avenue

April 27, 2017

Spokane-based Garco Construction Inc. soon will start construction on a new building for Trinity Catholic School, in northwest Spokane. The private school, now at 1306 W. Montgomery, will move to a nearby site on what is now the school's current playgr