Manufacturing

Public companies rebound with market

Composite value higher than year-earlier quarter
Virginia Thomas
The seven publicly traded companies in the Spokane area rebounded from earlier volatility in the second quarter, according to an analysis by Spokane-based Hart Capital Management Inc. The overall composite value of the seven companies increased
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Journal selects Rising Stars

2020 class to be honored at Sept. 10 virtual event
Linn Parish
The Journal of Business has selected 10 Spokane-area young professionals as its 2020 class of Rising Stars. Those future leaders will be honored at a virtual event on Sept. 10. This year's honorees include five women and five men, all of whom are
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Gen Heywood

Refugee Connection Spokane pivots services

Nonprofit receives $800K in grants to be disbursed during next five years
Natasha Nellis
Refugee Connections Spokane's flexible setup left it well-positioned to pivot its services when the COVID-19 outbreak spread here, says Marijke Fakasiieiki, the nonprofit's executive director. Over the past year, the organization, which was created
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Tesla Inc.

Tesla opens first Spokane service center

High-profile carmaker also adds its fourth Seattle service location
Natasha Nellis
Palo Alto, California-based electric car and clean energy manufacturer Tesla Inc. has established a service center in East Spokane. Tesla applied for a change-of-use permit at its facility at 3304 E. Springfield, near Playfair Commerce Park, early this
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VIRGINIA THOMAS

Working the unemployment system

Many people are making more on unemployment than in jobs, some say
Virginia Thomas
While the number of people unemployed in Washington state is falling slowly, a combination of fear of contracting COVID-19 and an additional $600 in weekly federal pandemic unemployment benefits have led some people to refuse to return to work, some
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Architectural Ventures

California manufacturer plans to move to Liberty Lake

$3.8 million facility slated to be completed in 2022
Natasha Nellis
Ventura, California-based Swiss Productions Inc. is planning a new 25,700-square-foot manufacturing facility in Liberty Lake, where it will move its operations when the project is completed in 2022, says Richard Petrash, senior vice president and chief
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Selkirk Pharma expands vision for West Plains plant

Plans on file with city show startup intends to employ 320 people
Natasha Nellis
Selkirk Pharma Inc.'s envisioned manufacturing plant on the West Plains will be more than double the size originally indicated, emerging details show. The Spokane-based injectable-drug manufacturing and packaging startup could break ground on the
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