Jeanne Gustafson

Pacific Steel & Recycling waits out lagging markets

Though prices are down, company says value of metal is enduring

December 4, 2008

Pacific Steel & Recycling, a venture formed here more than 100 years ago as a one-man fur-trading depot, has become a conglomeration of recycling enterprises, selling a variety of cast-off goods and commodity by-products to businesses that turn new

Providence Physician Services names new chief executive here

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

Providence Health Care, of Spokane, has named Dr. Anselmo "Mo" Nunez as chief executive of its physicians group here, Providence Physician Services Co. Providence Physician Services employs more than 70 physicians and other practitioners and &

Clinic here gets boost from state

UW satellite site at SHMC to receive part of $100,000 set aside for evaluations

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

A clinic here that diagnoses fetal alcohol syndrome and related disorders is one of three statewide that will share in $100,000 in state funding next year aimed at keeping the service available.The clinic, operated by Sacred Heart Medical Center

Preventing that second STROKE

Sacred Heart is one site of national study testing use of intracranial stent with drugs

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

Sacred Heart Medical Center has been selected as one of about 50 sites for a National Institutes of Health study to determine if aggressive treatment of stroke victims for high blood pressure and cholesterol—along with placing a stent to widen

Moscow high-tech company inks flashlight licensing deal

Contract could be worth $450,000 a year in sales to public safety professions

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

Ivus Energy Innovations Inc., a Moscow-based company that gets help from Spokane's Sirti, has inked a marketing and equity agreement with a California safety-gear company that will distribute worldwide a line of flashlights using technology Ivus a

Hotel management concern to move to new headquarters

Hospitality Associates to add six rooms at hotel where its offices have been

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

Hospitality Associates, a Spokane Valley hotel management company, is moving its headquarters from a hotel it operates at the Spokane Business & Industrial Park into a 3,600-square-foot office space in a building that formerly housed Sullivan Homes

PFD advances south block parking lot redevelopment

District seeking design for first phase of long-term convention center plans

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

The Spokane Public Facilities District is moving forward with plans to redevelop an aging surface parking lot on the so-called "south block" property downtown where it hopes to expand the Spokane Convention Center complex. Meanwhile, a Spokane a

Planned Hillyard projects get $5.2 million state boost

TIB funding will allow city to fund business district streetscape job

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

The city of Spokane has landed $5.2 million in state grants for Hillyard neighborhood projects that, together with other work planned there in the next two years, will bring to roughly $15 million the amount of investment being made in that part of

Rural airports spend to boost economies

Operators eye hangar, ground leases for direct and indirect benefits to their communities

November 20, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

Rural airports in Eastern Washington are seeking to attract more general aviation business to fuel economic growth. Their operators say that with little space available at Spokane's Felts Field and their relatively low rates, leased hangar and is

Acme submits lowest bid for intersections on Francis

City of Spokane says bids are higher than expected for concrete conversions

November 20, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

Acme Concrete Paving Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $1.5 million, for a city of Spokane project to replace two asphalt intersections on Francis Avenue, at Addison and Nevada streets, with concrete. The city hasn't