Education & Talent

Gonzaga gets interest break with tax-exempt bonds

$53 million mostly will go to university center project

January 16, 2014

The Washington State Higher Education Facilities Authority last month issued revenue bonds that will help finance a new university center that's under construction at Gonzaga University, executives at the Jesuit school here say. Chuck Murphy, Gonzagaï¿

MPM Technologies, partners pursue biofuels niche

Parties hope to advance alternative gas production

January 16, 2014

Treva Lind

MPM Technologies Inc., a 25-year-old Spokane-based provider of environmental control systems and developer of waste-to-energy technology, says it's working with Washington State University and a software consulting company to research and develop gasifi

Spokane STEM Network integrates with GSI

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January 7, 2014

Linn Parish

Greater Spokane Incorporated announced today that it has begun leading the day-to-day operations of the Spokane STEM Network, a nonprofit organization that works to advance science, technology, engineering, and math learning and innovation. Alisha B

Inland Northwest economy continues to make positive strides

While some industries face challenges, others report return to prerecession levels

December 19, 2013

Linn Parish

In some sectors of the Inland Northwest economy, activity levels are returning to prerecession levels, welcome news that comes none too soon for economic observers. In overall employment, Spokane-area economists are expecting job growth next year, though

Graham Construction awarded job to add Hillyard skills center space

Company also will manage project, which has expected total cost of $13.7 million

December 19, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane Public Schools has selected Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, as the general contractor and construction manager for a planned $13.7 million addition to the NewTech Skills Center in Hillyard, where work is scheduled to start next

In-home care services company moves, launches training center

Visiting Angels in Valley provides aides to clients, adds division for classes

December 19, 2013

Treva Lind

The owner of the Spokane Valley franchise of Visiting Angels, which offers in-home care services, has moved to larger quarters in the Valley and has opened a training center. Trondheim LLC, the Spokane Valley-based franchisee company owned by Cindy Jo

Spokane Public Schools eyes shuffling facility uses

District looks to expand programs, reduce some student-teacher ratios

December 19, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane Public Schools plans to shuffle facility uses by next fall to expand some programs and address a state-required reduction of class sizes for certain elementary grades. Assistant Superintendent Mark Anderson says the district also has started a s

New GSI program to connect students with businesses

Organization, partners plan to show kids STEM industry jobs

December 5, 2013

Katie Ross

Greater Spokane Incorporated plans to launch next February a new program, called Business AfterSchool, aimed at connecting students here with businesses, says workforce-policy program coordinator Meg Lindsay. The program is for grades 8 through 12, she s

Spokane groups set goals for upcoming legislative session

Agenda for Spokane area includes transportation, education fund requests

December 5, 2013

Mike McLean

A roundup of regional priorities here for the 2014 session of the Washington Legislature focuses mostly on transportation and education projects and programs totaling more than $1 billion, although most of that would be for multiyear construction projects

Builder here lands two big school projects

$38 million in construction is expected to be finished during the next two years

November 21, 2013

Katie Ross

Spokane general contractor Leone & Keeble Inc. has begun construction of two schools in College Place, Wash., including the southeastern Washington town's first high school, says project manager Scott Jutte. "We're constructing a high school in