David Cole

Panco gets $5 million job for Pend Oreille schools

Both Kootenai and Sagle elementary schools to get additions for class space

June 18, 2009

Panco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a nearly $5 million contract to expand two elementary schools near Sandpoint, Idaho, for the Lake Pend Oreille School District.The work includes additions at Kootenai Elementary School, in in

Imprezzio taps globe for 'contacts'

Maker of client-relationship software has opened offices in Romania and Toronto

June 18, 2009

David Cole

Dave Talarico just returned from a hunting trip to Romania—not for a trophy brown bear, but for talent.Talarico, who founded Spokane-based technology company Imprezzio Solutions Inc. with Kelly Birr five years ago, ventured to the Romanian

Whitworth to offer courses at Riverpoint Campus this fall

School to start by teaching organizational management bachelor's degree program

June 4, 2009

David Cole

Whitworth University plans to begin offering classes on the Riverpoint Campus east of downtown this fall.Initially, the school will offer a business degree as well as some general-education courses, all targeted at non-traditional students who a

Refinance surge kept lenders hopping

Golf Savings hired more than 100 employees, though swell might now ebb

June 4, 2009

David Cole

A home-mortgage refinancing surge that began in December has caused banks and credit unions here to scramble to meet demand from consumers who want to take advantage of historically low interest rates, though there are signs now that the surge be a

Former Adventure Tech owner files Chap. 7

Debts of $1.8 million listed, including some business debt

June 4, 2009

David Cole

Brian Abrams, a Spokane Valley entrepreneur who at one time owned the Liberty Lake businesses Integral Designs USA Inc. and Adventure Tech Inc., has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here.Abrams, who filed the bankruptcy a

Shakey's Pizza outlet planned on North Side

June 4, 2009

David Cole

A Southern California executive of the Shakey's Pizza Parlors chain has moved here to open a franchised Shakey's outlet on Spokane's North Side, and says he plans to open two more restaurants here in the next five years.The franchisee, Steven to

Four companies locating at Sirti; some plan to hire

Guerilla Development, Barr-Tech LLC, and SiteCrafting to add staff

June 4, 2009

David Cole

Sirti, a state-funded economic development agency located on the Riverpoint Campus here, says it has added three new on-campus clients and expects to have another this summer.The three companies that arrived recently are research-tool provider a

City expects $5.5 million for projects

Federal funds to pay for home rehabbing, street and curb work

June 4, 2009

David Cole

The city of Spokane has filed its annual action plan with the federal government for about $5.5 million in community projects, ranging from street repaving to home improvements for low-income residents, that it hopes to pursue using federal grant

Safco lands $2.2 million sewer project

May 21, 2009

David Cole

Safco Inc., of Hayden, has won a $2.2 million project to install sewer lines in the Rotchford Acres area near 16th Avenue and Sullivan Road, say county officials.Cindy Grasso, a county program specialist, says the planned sewer-line project is a

Leone & Keeble and Walker join on Tonasket, Wash., job

North Valley Hospital to nearly double in size with building addition

May 21, 2009

David Cole

Leone & Keeble Inc. and Walker Construction Inc., both of Spokane, have formed a joint venture to take on an $8.2 million building project that will nearly double the size of North Valley Hospital, in Tonasket, Wash., hospital administrator Warner