Treva Lind

Worthy Enterprises draws new tenants at big Valley building

Wells Fargo auto finance, Progressive claims group to lease at Valley building

April 26, 2012

Two new tenants plan to move during late summer into leased spaces in the River View Corporate Center, the big Class A structure in Spokane Valley developed by Worthy Enterprises LLC.Jack Marr, director of leasing at Worthy Enterprises, says a

Zipping to buy local

April 26, 2012

Treva Lind

A new Liberty Lake-based venture, OurTownZip LLC, has created a website that makes it easier for Inland Northwest residents who want to buy locally to find neighborhood businesses, down to a postal ZIP code.Founders June Swatzell and her Rosa to

Overall value of Inland Northwest public companies rise

Region's stock index up as well with Key Tronic, Itron as top performers

April 26, 2012

Treva Lind

Hart Capital Management Inc.'s Inland Northwest Composite, which gauges the total market value of 15 publicly traded companies in the region, rose 5 percent during the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter. However, the a

Visitor spending in Spokane area declines, though not as much as feared

Drop in activity in '11, however, wasn't as precipitous as industry leaders expected

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

Overall visitor spending in Spokane County declined in 2011 compared with the previous year, preliminary numbers show. Even so, Visit Spokane President and CEO Cheryl Kilday says the organization expected a drop in activity, and the numbers proved

Blew's lands $6.3 million in jobs outside Spokane

Projects involve Puyallup high school skills center, Yakima library building

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

Blew's Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has won a $5.1 million contract to convert an old grocery store building in Puyallup, Wash., into a vocational-technical high school skills center. Separately, the contractor is in the midst of a $1.2

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BNBuilders wins contract to rebuild Valley fire station

$1.5 million project will replace aging structure along Sprague Avenue

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

The Spokane office of Seattle-based BNBuilders Inc. has won a $1.5 million job to rebuild Station No. 6 for the Spokane Valley Fire Department. BNBuilders will erect the 7,200-square-foot station at 6306 E. Sprague, near the west end of the in a

West Side restaurateurs to open first Spokane-area Hop Jacks

Work is set to begin soon on $1.4 million Hop Jacks near North Side WinCo

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

West Side restaurant operator Hop Jacks LLC plans to open its first Eastern Washington restaurant on Spokane's North Side this October. To be located just north of a MacKenzie River Pizza Co. outlet in a shopping center anchored by a WinCo Foods

Spokane-based Goldrich, Alaska company to partner

$8.5 million agreement to kickstart exploration at big placer mining site

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane-based Goldrich Mining Co. says it has signed a letter of intent to create a joint venture with Alaska-based NyacAU LLC to bring a deposit in Goldrich's Chandalar properties in Alaska into production.Under the letter of intent, NyacAU has

Revett Minerals posts 2011 earnings jump

Revett's record production at Troy mine boosts total; second site claims grow

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane Valley-based mining company Revett Minerals Inc. has reported net income of $13.5 million, or 36 cents a share, for 2011, a significant jump from the prior year, when it posted a net loss of $600,000, or 2 cents a share. Revett the big &

Walker's Furniture to expand into Oregon with five stores

Furniture retailer strikes deal to take spaces where five Wilcox stores operate

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane Valley-based Walker's Furniture Inc. has agreed to take over five stores in northeast Oregon by August, following the retirement of principals who own and plan to close their Hermiston, Ore.-based family business, called Wilcox Furniture in