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Icons 2022: Hollister-Stier's Anthony Bonanzino

Bonanzino instills respect within corporate culture
Mike McLean
Tony Bonanzino, former president, CEO, and part owner of pharmaceutical manufacturer Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, now Jubilant HollisterStier, has been a constant role model in life and business for people around him.
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Mike McLean

Multiple warehouses in progress throughout Spokane County

620K square feet of industrial space in works this year
Mike McLean
Work is progressing on a number of industrial and warehouse developments in Spokane County, where active projects will bring over 620,000 square feet of new facilities online as soon as this year. The largest such development is the 125-acre Douglass
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Crash Champions acquires three Spokane auto body shops

Trio of purchases gives Illinois company total of five INW locations
Virginia Thomas
An auto repair company based in Illinois has acquired three auto body collision repair shops in Spokane. Matt Ebert, founder and CEO of Crash Champions LLC, says the Westmont, Illinois-based company has been focusing on expanding into markets in which
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Sioux Steel acquires Scafco Grain System

Buyer Sioux Steel Co. to keep Scafco employees, operations in Spokane
Mike McLean
Longtime Spokane company Scafco Grain Systems Co. has been acquired by Sioux Steel Co., of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Scafco Grain Systems, which designs and manufactures grain storage bins, silos, handling equipment, and drying technology, has operated
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Washington state, Russia share commerce history, uncertain future

Commerce relationship decades in the making deteriorates in wake of invasion of Ukraine
Mike Flynn
Watching Russia in an aggressor role in its unprovoked war on Ukraine likely has brought a mix of sadness and regret for those who recall the time in 1994 that Boris Yeltsin, first president of the Russian Federation, stood before a Seattle luncheon
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Virginia Thomas

Property crimes rise in Spokane core

Some say numbers would be worse if more businesses reported vandalism, break-ins
Virginia Thomas
Commercial property crime is up in the downtown core, and property owners say they're increasing protection measures. According to data from the Spokane Police Department's crime report statistics, commercial burglary reports increased nearly 127%
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Baxter Performance to expand into retail markets

Dealerships, repair shops may carry products made by Baxter Performance
Karina Elias
Spokane Valley-based manufacturer Baxter Performance is expanding its line of automotive oil filter adaptors to be placed in car dealerships and service garages for retail sales. Kevin Baxter, president of Baxter Performance says of the move:
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