Jeanne Gustafson

Gonzaga Law School to introduce new curriculum this fall

Enrollment cut, new practical training part of revamped program

April 23, 2009

Beginning next fall, Gonzaga University's law school plans to roll out a new curriculum that Dean Earl Martin says will freshen the program and provide graduates with more of the skills they'll need to enter the law profession. Last year, the law

Blue chips offer seniors opportunity

Low prices of dividend-paying stocks can mean value for retirees seeking income, gain in principal

April 23, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

In a market in which seemingly all investments have been hammered, blue-chip stocks—battered as they might be—still can outperform fixed-income investments for retirees, investments experts here say.That, they say, is because many blue

Coeur d'Alene concern constructs $1.4 million water district project

April 23, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, is working on a $1.4 million project to replace the well that serves the Kingston water district, which is located between Cataldo and Pinehurst, in the village of Kingston, Idaho.The water current a

SIA awards $5 million parking upgrade job

Westway Construction will move parking exit, consolidate outdoor lots

April 23, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Spokane International Airport has awarded a $5 million contract to Westway Construction Inc., of Spokane, to reconfigure its surface parking areas.As part of the project, the main parking lot's six-lane exit and payment-booth area will be moved

Spokane Valley plans extension of Indiana Ave.

$2.6 million project would link mall area to residential districts north of freeway

April 23, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The city of Spokane Valley says it plans to design this year an extension of Indiana Avenue, east of the Spokane Valley Mall, that will create an arterial, or perhaps a couplet on the north side of Interstate 90 to connect it to Mission Avenue. be

City says Riverside extension takes time, but moving ahead

Project is part of effort to improve Division, link core to U-District

April 23, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

City of Spokane officials say that although the process has been long, plans to extend Riverside Avenue east of downtown are moving forward and construction on the first phase of the long-planned project could begin next year. Meanwhile, related to

Downturn could be worse

Sense among hotels and restaurants here is that 2009 will be stable overall

April 9, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Business from travelers is off for restaurants and hotels here, with numbers down or flat across the board. Most property owners and managers, however, say that although times are tough, they're grateful that business isn't worse, and they a fairly

Interstate Concrete tabbed for Post Falls road project

City also plans to add two traffic roundabouts at intersections on Poleline

April 9, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Interstate Concrete & Asphalt Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has begun work on a city of Post Falls project to improve 15th Street near Post Falls Middle School.The $750,000 project includes widening 15th in places so that the entire stretch of road is

LDS stake plans $2 million Idaho church

April 9, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The Coeur d'Alene-Post Falls Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' plans to construct a church in Post Falls this year. Construction bids are being considered for the project, which is expected to cost more than $2 million. vice

Several high-impact projects planned on Idaho highways

State of Idaho to repave six miles of busy U.S. 95, re-deck overpass at I-90

April 9, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The Idaho Transportation Department is planning three high-impact projects this summer and fall in North Idaho.In two separate projects, the department plans to spend a combined about $7 million to repave more than six miles of U.S. 95 through a