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KEVIN BLOCKER

Employment in Spokane cannabis market grows

Job totals statewide approach 10,000, but local data proves to be elusive, observers say
November 7, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Apex Cannabis co-founder Stacey Peterson spent the majority of the past weekend editing, then ultimately presenting, the marijuana and cannabis company's 75-page training manual to key personnel in the business.
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VIRGINIA THOMAS

Marijuana market mellows in Spokane

Once characterized by steep sales jumps and supply-demand swings, cannabis sector stabilizes
November 7, 2019
Virginia Thomas
Marijuana sales countywide and statewide continue to climb, albeit at a more gradual rate this year than in previous years, retailers and analysts say.
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Mail Box Center changes hands

Restaurants & Retail
October 24, 2019
Kevin Blocker
After more than 30 years, the Mail Box Center, in Spokane Valley, has changed hands. But the genetic fingerprints aren't too dissimilar from the previous owner. Kaleena Greer recently purchased the business, located at 9116 E. Sprague
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Snap Fitness to relocate to Ponderosa Village

Restaurants & Retail
October 24, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Owners of a Snap Fitness 24-hour fitness club in Spokane Valley are moving the gym roughly three miles southwest of its current location to a newly constructed site in the Ponderosa Village retail development at 11205 E. Dishman-Mica Road.
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Maryhill Winery enters food space

Restaurants & Retail
October 24, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Maryhill Winery is moving beyond making wine and into food service. Now known as Maryhill Winery Tasting Room & Bistro, the award-winning business now serves regionally based foods at its Washington locations in Spokane, Goldendale, and Vancouver.
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—Natasha Nellis

Global Neighborhood Thrift moves, doubles retail space

Thrift store has moved, doubled its retail space
October 24, 2019
Natasha Nellis
Spokane nonprofit Global Neighborhood Thrift started eight years ago with just two employees and a vision of helping refugees settle into the U.S.
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—Natasha Nellis

Spooky sightseeing with Two Dog City Tours

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October 24, 2019
Virginia Thomas
Chet Caskey is hard to miss. When he arrives at the Journal's office on a Monday afternoon, he is dressed in a dark gray tuxedo with bright turquoise vest and matching shoes, an array of flashy rings glittering on his fingers.
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—Kevin Blocker

Baby boomers face decision of a generation

Spokane area, longtime business owners look to sell, shutter as careers wind down
October 24, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Ronald Brown plans to travel and do more photography after he finishes selling off inventory at Brown Building Materials, the East Spokane surplus store he's operated since the late 1980s.
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Union Gospel Mission plans two new stores

Projects in early stages; one property purchased
October 10, 2019
Virginia Thomas
Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane plans to expand its thrift store operations by adding two new outlets in the next few years. Dean Bitz, director of operations for the nonprofit, says the projects are still in the early planning stages, but
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InkLab Screen Print Studio gears up in Post Falls

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October 10, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Richard Larkins decided it was time for a change. After nearly a decade of working in the financial collections sector, much of it in California, he'd had enough, says his wife, Jennilea Larkins. 'He was done with it. Absolutely done,” she says.
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