Treva Lind

Liberty Lake surveillance product maker OpenEye fill big national contract

Liberty Lake's OpenEye sells equipment placed in Carl's Jr., Hardee's outlets

May 23, 2013

Liberty Lake-based PC Open Inc., a maker of digital video recorders and surveillance equipment doing business as OpenEye, says California-based CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc. is rolling out its products in 900 Carl's Jr. and Hardee's eateries is 80

Caterpillar distribution center clicks into high gear

Spokane's distribution plant runs first full-volume year; posts top on-time delivery

May 23, 2013

Treva Lind

The new Caterpillar Logistics Service Inc. distribution plant on the West Plains, which was built last year and began stocking last fall, has ramped shipping up to 10,000 heavy-equipment parts per day.Brad Gile, the logistics center's manager, a

St. Luke's begins offering therapy at Oz Fitness gyms

Rehab hospital here leases space at four facilities so it can treat at scattered sites

May 9, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute says it has leased space at four Spokane-area Oz Fitness locations, where two of its physical therapists have begun conducting therapy sessions by appointment.The new St. Luke's leased areas are

Sacred Heart employs bedside robot

Network offers rural stroke patients fast access to neurologists in Spokane

May 9, 2013

Treva Lind

A neurologist in Spokane instantly can be at the hospital bedside of a stroke patient 35 miles away, thanks to a remote robot, when minutes count for saving lives or increasing chances of recovery without permanent disabilities.Providence Sacred

Promoting ponderosa pines as super tree

New entity offers seedlings, education on benefits of region's native evergreens

May 9, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane Ponderosa, an organization that strives to restore greater numbers of the city's most dominant native tree, is kicking off a wider distribution of the evergreen seedlings this spring for volunteer groups to plant.Kevin Cash, full-time of

CNI Northwest lands work on NE Washington projects

Colville Super 1 upgrades, Nespelem tribal building expansion to begin soon

May 9, 2013

Treva Lind

Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, expects to begin construction this month on two projects with a combined value of $2.4 million.The projects include a $660,000 renovation of a 54,000-square-foot Super 1 grocery store in Colville, a

Value Village plans to move Spokane Valley store

Remodeling work starts in part of largely vacant center at Sprague, Pines

May 9, 2013

Treva Lind

Interior demolition work is under way at a nearly 25,000-square-foot section of the Opportunity Shopping Center in Spokane Valley, where a Value Village thrift store plans to relocate less than a mile from its current Valley location.A for the a

Making tool that gardeners dig

May 9, 2013

Treva Lind

Dave Kindred, owner of Liberty Lake-based Clearvu Design & Consulting, can trace his gardening roots back to age 10 when a neighbor taught him the difference between a $5 job and a $20 job for doing detailed green thumb work.Kindred, now 64, $20

Mines Management takes longer look at Peruvian mine

Mines Management's current projects add to higher 2012 costs

May 9, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane-based Mines Management Inc., which is involved in mine-property acquisition, exploration, and development, says it has elected to extend an exploration program at the La Estrella gold-silver project in Peru after reviewing positive results

URM Stores to expand its big warehouse

Grocery co-op picks CNI to start big addition soon on Spokane's North Side

May 9, 2013

Treva Lind

URM Stores Inc., the Spokane-based grocery distribution cooperative, says it will expand its warehouse and distribution center on the North Side to meet increasing demand for frozen and perishable goods.The co-op has selected Contractors Inc., a