Jeanne Gustafson

TicketsWest center starts telecommuting

Contractor now operates facility, moves almost half of workers to homes

February 25, 2010

The operator of Red Lion Hotels Corp.'s TicketsWest call center here says it has begun having some of the employees in that center work from their homes. TicketsWest outsourced its call center ticket sales in Spokane last spring to Dallas-based

Olive Garden to open at Northpointe

Restaurant chain applies for building permit, plans $1.3 million restaurant

February 25, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The operator of the Olive Garden Restaurant chain has applied for a permit to build a $1.3 million "new Olive Garden" at the site of a former Hollywood Video Store near Northpointe Plaza.The operator, GMRI Inc., of Orlando, Fla., submitted an a

Combined MSA stats now likely

Spokane, Kootenai joint 'statistical area' could boost region

February 25, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

In a move that observers say would give the region more muscle in attracting business and funding, the federal government appears likely to combine Spokane and Kootenai counties into a combined statistical area in 2013, after the 2010 Census is of

Colleges, universities here brace for further budget cuts

Proposal for reductions in financial aid may cause ripple effects

February 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The specter of further budget cuts is staring the higher education system in the face, and colleges and universities here say they are bracing for what's likely to come in the supplemental 2010 Washington state budget. Community Colleges of it a

$6.7 million in road projects set for the Sullivan corridor

Spokane Valley arterial expected to be congested next summer with work

February 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The city of Spokane Valley is planning four road projects, worth a total of about $6.7 million, along and near busy Sullivan Road this spring and summer. Two of the projects include replacing the asphalt-surface intersections at Broadway and and

Inland lands contract in Walla Walla

February 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, has began offering diagnostic radiology services and image distribution services to Walla Walla General Hospital, in Walla Walla, Wash.Inland Imaging has hired Dr. Brian Rich, who was the hospital's contract to as

Christ Clinic sees greater need as it expands in new space

Facility serves 60 percent more patients than before, hopes to add volunteers

February 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Christ Clinic, a nonprofit medical clinic at 914 W. Carlisle, says its patient load has risen sharply since it moved into a larger building in the fall of 2008.Danielle Riggs, a nurse practitioner who's the clinical director of Christ Clinic, now

DOT set to move, upgrade state line weigh station soon

Wenatchee company submitted lowest bid, $6.7 million, for work

February 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The Washington state Department of Transportation has opened bids for a project it plans to begin in the spring to relocate the weigh station on Interstate 90 near the Washington-Idaho state line. The apparent low bidder for the work is Selland of

North Idaho builder enters Spokane area

Victory Homes hopes to fill a 'void' left here by recession

February 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Victory Homes, a Coeur d'Alene-based home builder that previously had concentrated on the North Idaho market, says it's expanding into the Spokane market. The company recently began building single-family homes in the Prairie Crest development

Graham Construction bids lowest for Havana overpass

Spokane company submitted $6.6 million bid for project

February 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $6.6 million, for the second and final phase of work to construct a bridge to carry Havana Street over railroad tracks near Broadway Avenue. That phase