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Government

Ptera Wireless wins city of Liberty Lake contract

Ptera to upgrade, manage phone, Internet services
February 27, 2014
Katie Ross
The city of Liberty Lake has contracted with Ptera Wireless Inc., the Liberty-Lake based provider of wireless broadband internet and phone services, to upgrade its phone and Internet services, says Steve Wilson, vice president of Ptera. The project bega
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Property valuations tick higher for county

$37.2 billion total marks first gain since 2009
February 27, 2014
Mike McLean
The total property value in Spokane County took an upward turn in 2013 for the first time since 2009, and levy rates leveled off after edging higher every year since 2008, says Spokane County Assessor Vicki Horton. Spokane County's total assessed value
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Sports field house backers seek design funds

Parks board supports proposed north bank site
February 27, 2014
Mike McLean
The Spokane Sports Commission is seeking a $250,000 legislative appropriation to begin the preliminary design phase of an envisioned $20 million-plus field house and event center that would be developed on mostly city-owned property north of the Spokane R
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—Treva Lind

Palouse crops get farm bill boost

Legume-related funding totals $135 million
February 27, 2014
Treva Lind
Inland Northwest producers of chickpeas and other legumes expect to see economic benefit from two initiatives in the recently passed five-year farm bill, agricultural industry observers say. One of the measures in the Agricultural Act of 2014 provides $1
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Legislative bills propose new port district options

Spokane, Kittitas counties could benefit from change
February 13, 2014
Treva Lind
Two bills introduced recently in the Washington state Legislature and sponsored partly by Spokane-area legislators would give Spokane County more options for creating a port district to help promote economic development here. One or the other of them, h
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County-city revenue share proposal still in the works

City administrator hopes to have plan by summer
February 13, 2014
Katie Ross
Spokane County and two cities that lie within it still are in the process of negotiating a possible revenue-sharing agreement for industrial-zoned land on the West Plains, says Al French, Spokane County commissioner. The talks are moving forward, but no
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Up to $100 million sewer project takes step forward

City solicits engineers to submit qualifications
February 13, 2014
Treva Lind
The city of Spokane is seeking proposals from engineering firms for design and construction management of an estimated $80 million to $100 million upgrade at the city's Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility sewage-treatment plant. Marlene Feist, th
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—Katie Ross

Marijuana businesses pose risk to banks—for now

Financial institutions follow federal laws, await clarity
January 30, 2014
Katie Ross
Financial institutions in Washington state are anticipating federal guidance on how best to navigate the precarious issue of state law versus federal law in regard to allowing marijuana businesses access to traditional banking services. That question h
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—Treva Lind

Low-impact development said to be in higher demand

Landscape architect reports more inquiries about environmentally friendly architecture
January 30, 2014
Treva Lind
Landscape architect Len Zickler, a principal in the Spokane office of Tacoma-based AHBL Inc., says the company is seeing more requests to design environmentally friendly infrastructure to manage stormwater drainage. He expects this approach, called low-
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Integrus Architecture designs embassy compound to be built in northern Africa

Other firms here to work on $131 million project
January 30, 2014
Mike McLean
The U.S. State Department has awarded a $131 million contract to a design-and-construction team that includes Integrus Architecture PS, of Spokane, as the architect of record for a new U.S. embassy compound to be constructed in the northwestern African co
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