Treva Lind

Riverfront Park ideas crystallize

Architects create plans for carrousel, Pavilion, IMAX

March 13, 2014

Conceptual drawings of potential improvements to Spokane's Riverfront Park depict a 22,000-square-foot carrousel building. Beneath the iconic cable structure of the Pavilion, a dome canopy with movable parts would open to the sky or close for shelter. T

Inland Northwest Lighthouse nearly set to expand

Work wrapping up on addition to nonprofit's North Side plant

March 13, 2014

Treva Lind

Nonprofit Inland Northwest Lighthouse, which operates a manufacturing facility in North Spokane where it employs nearly 50 people, soon will start using a major expansion of its building there that it says will enable it to expand its workforce. Baker

Tiller Care Strategies focuses on assisting seniors in transition

Tiller Care Strategies finds support services, facilities

February 27, 2014

Treva Lind

Becky Tiller, owner of the geriatric care management service Tiller Care Strategies LLC, of Spokane, says clients most frequently ask how to decide when it's time to move a loved one into a long-term care facility. Tiller suggests approaching the de

Francesca's adds second women's clothing store in Spokane

Outlet opens downtown in River Park Square mall

February 27, 2014

Treva Lind

A women's clothing outlet of Houston-based retailer Francesca's Holdings Corp. has opened in River Park Square as the company's second store in the Spokane area. The downtown store's manager, Toni Burke, says the Francesca's outlet opened there

Magnuson Hotels posts growth in its network

Licensing agreements include nearly 150 branded properties

February 27, 2014

Treva Lind

Magnuson Hotels, a hotel group that offers reservation and property management services and has headquarters in Spokane and London, says the number of hotel clients that operate under one of its three non-franchise brands increased by 25 percent in 2013,

Northwest Farm Credit Services posts jump in earnings

$58.1 million in refunds sent to shareholders

February 27, 2014

Treva Lind

Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative, has reported net income of $237 million for 2013, an increase of 26 percent compared with income of $187.3 million the previous year. Meanwhile, the cooperative says itï

Palouse crops get farm bill boost

Legume-related funding totals $135 million

February 27, 2014

Treva Lind

Inland Northwest producers of chickpeas and other legumes expect to see economic benefit from two initiatives in the recently passed five-year farm bill, agricultural industry observers say. One of the measures in the Agricultural Act of 2014 provides $1

Lenders play by new ability-to-repay rules

Criteria meant to verify borrowers won't get in over their heads

February 27, 2014

Treva Lind

Spokane-area banks and credit unions are adjusting to new federal residential mortgage lending standards that require federally insured lenders to take additional steps when collecting a borrower's financial information and calculating ability to repay

Vivint moves services beyond home security

Cellular technology provides control of residential settings

February 13, 2014

Treva Lind

Wireless-based home security systems are rapidly adding conveniences to control household settings, but they're also providing more protection, says Eric Patrick, who oversees a Liberty Lake call center of Vivint Inc., a security and home-automation sys

Furniture store set to open soon in Valley

Trovato LLC will carry Norwalk line of products

February 13, 2014

Treva Lind

Spokane Valley-based Trovato LLC is leasing space in the Spokane Valley to open a furniture store this month, called Trovato Interiors, featuring the American-made Norwalk Furniture line of products. Trovato Interiors is owned by partners Susan Usai, a S