Government

Company challenges Valley mining moratorium

City officials there remain committed to one-year ban

August 27, 2015

A concrete company here is challenging a mining moratorium that the city of Spokane Valley imposed in late February.

City selects Seattle firm to design park landscape

Berger plans to complete initial work in early 2016

August 27, 2015

The Spokane Parks Board has selected Seattle-based Berger Partnership to complete the design and landscape of public spaces and park grounds for the Riverfront Park revitalization. The Park Board approved a $1.5-million contract with Berger Partnership e

Day-late workers' compensation filing ignites legal battle

Appellate panel overturns Superior Court ruling here

August 13, 2015

A Spokane attorney says he will ask the Washington State Supreme Court to review a Spokane appellate court finding that his client's worker-injury claim, submitted to the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries, was invalid because it was fi

SBA touts 504 financing tool

Overlooked loan program promotes job growth, retention here

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

A U.S. Small Business Administration financing program is helping businesses expand and better position themselves for the economic turnaround, and Ted Schinzel, the SBA's Spokane branch administrator, says more businesses here could benefit from SBA 50

Spokane-area parks departments foresee jump in ACA costs

City of Spokane reports larger surge than county

July 30, 2015

The city of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department estimates it faces a $60,000 per month increase in costs due to the Affordable Care Act. The ACA requires employers with more than 200 employees to enroll their employees automatically into the organiza

Railroad projects to receive $32.9 million in improvements

Funds earmarked for short-line upgrades

July 30, 2015

Mike McLean

Three Eastern Washington rail infrastructure and economic development projects have been awarded a total of $32.9 million in funding in the Washington state transportation package that was approved recently by the Legislature. One of the projects, the $1

PacifiClean Environmental looks to resolve green waste tiff

Ag department suspended treatment at Quincy facility

July 30, 2015

The Washington state Department of Agriculture recently stopped Spokane-based PacifiClean Environmental LLC from transporting yard and food waste from Western Washington to its Quincy, Wash., composting facility after discovering apple maggot larva in com

Spokane Transit Authority's Central City Line looks for traction

Street-car inspired route on federal project list

July 30, 2015

Mike McLean

The $15 million state portion of funding for the planned $72 million Central City Line is looking secure again, says Susan Meyer, CEO of the Spokane Transit Authority. The recently enacted $16 billion state transportation bill that would provide local fu