David Cole

Paulsen plans storage facility at old Costco

Former store on Third to house new venture that will store boats and RVs

October 15, 2009

The vacant 130,000-square-foot former Costco Wholesale Corp. store at 800 E. Third, near downtown, is to become the home of a new venture here that will offer leased storage for boats and recreational vehicles.Cip Paulsen III, whose father, Cip

Movie Gallery chain closes three Hollywood stores here

Other Hollywood video stores remain open, as do some Movie Gallery outlets

October 15, 2009

David Cole

Movie Gallery Inc., a Wilsonville, Ore.-based video rental chain that operates both Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video outlets in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market, apparently has closed three of its Hollywood Video stores here.Company couldn't be

Got onion slicing goggles?

October 15, 2009

David Cole

Gadgets," Eric Frickle answers enthusiastically, when asked what The Kitchen Engine, in the Flour Mill retail development, sells more of than anything else. "We sell more gadgets and tools than you can imagine." Frickle, 27, is president and of

Seed-based radiation catching on in breast treatment

Seven-year-old procedure said to be more targeted, faster

October 1, 2009

David Cole

A seven-year-old breast-cancer treatment procedure that places a radioactive "seed" inside the breast rather than beaming radiation into it is gaining in use here, though it's viable for only a portion of breast-cancer patients, providers here is a

Garco Construction lands transfer station contract

$1 million refuse facility to be south of St. Maries in Benewah County

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $1 million contract to construct a new garbage-transfer station for Benewah County, Idaho.J. Michele Reynolds, the Benewah County clerk, says the county has started site preparation for the

Belsby lands water-quality project at Hunters, Wash.

Hunters Water District hires help to reduce arsenic levels in water

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Belsby Engineering LLC, of Spokane, has been contracted to find an alternative source of drinking water for the Hunters Water District in Stevens County—which has two wells, but arsenic levels in them exceed state and federal drinking water a

Baker Construction starts professional office projects

Company says it expects to spend about $2 million on Liberty Lake buildings

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, has started work on two professional buildings in Liberty Lake that together will cost $2 million to construct, says Brandon Spackman, Baker's vice president of construction services.Separately,

Masonry office builds bigger facility here

Montana concern needs more space for branch

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Anderson Masonry Inc., of Bigfork, Mont., is building a 5,500-square-foot office and shop building at its branch office in Spokane Valley, says Ian Anderson, project manager for the company.Anderson Masonry is a masonry contracting company that

Tomato Street restaurant owners remodel, expand

Italian establishment's waiting space to grow; inside undergoes update

October 1, 2009

David Cole

The owners of the Tomato Street restaurant at 6220 N. Division have begun a complete renovation inside and outside the North Side eatery and also are expanding it. In the expansion, 1,200 square feet of floor space will be added to the Italian a

Lloyd's ManPans experiment 'promising'

Spokane Valley maker of pans taps consumer market, to sell directly

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Lloyd Industries Inc., a Spokane Valley maker of pizza pans and other equipment primarily for the restaurant industry, says its experiment this year to introduce a product aimed at consumers—some rugged cookware called ManPans—is showing