Jessica Valencia

Altek ramps up automation program at Liberty Lake site

Contract manufacturer claims investment will improve accuracy, speed

May 23, 2013

Altek Inc., a Liberty Lake-base contract manufacturer and plastic injection molding company, says it has invested in and started using a new custom automation program at its facility that the company claims will improve accuracy of its computerized

Spokane mulls food truck regulations

Changes to food vendor ordinances likely to go before council in June

May 23, 2013

Jessica Valencia

With mobile food vendors gaining popularity here, the city of Spokane is considering changes to its municipal code that would affect food-truck and food-cart operators as early as this summer.The proposed changes, which were the subject of a and

Casual comeback for Spokane's formal wear

Attire errs on simpler side; industry shows signs of life

May 23, 2013

Jessica Valencia

The formal-wear industry took a hit from the recession as more consumers tightened their purse strings, a decline that experts here say hasn't been helped by a trend in recent years of weddings and social events opting for more casual some tuxedo a

School-based health centers eyed

Year-old pilot operation in Airway Heights logs about 400 office visits

May 9, 2013

Jessica Valencia

Sunset Health Center, a school-based pilot program in Airway Heights aimed at providing onsite health care to children, is touted to be the first of its type in Spokane County, but the organization that arranged initial funding for it hopes there a

Architect champions German passive-house design

European methodology gains popularity among East Coast cities, PNW

May 9, 2013

Jessica Valencia

For Sam Rodell, principal at Kirkwood Rodell Architects PS, of Spokane, a popular German passive-house design method could be the next big thing in architecture, if it continues to gain ground in the U.S. Rodell, who has had his own architecture

Knife River Corp. lands paving contract in Valley

$1.9 million job involves improvements to busy stretch of Pines, SR 27

May 9, 2013

Jessica Valencia

The Rathdrum, Idaho office of Knife River Corp. has been awarded a $1.9 million contract by the Washington state Department of Transportation to repave a portion of busy Pines Road and state Route 27 in Spokane Valley, says DOT spokesman Al bid in

Spokane Valley launches University Road overpass study

City planners to consider multiple crossing types over next several months

May 9, 2013

Jessica Valencia

The city of Spokane Valley has started work on a traffic study to evaluate the possibility of an Interstate 90 overpass in the area between Argonne and Pines roads, particularly one that would extend University Road north in some manner, says Inga

Oregon company buys Holiday Inn near Spokane airport

New owner plans to make $1.5 million in improvements

May 9, 2013

Jessica Valencia

Wilsonville, Ore.,-based BHG Hotels has bought the Holiday Inn Spokane Airport and plans a $1.5 million renovation of the four-story, 122-guest room hotel at 1616 S. Windsor Drive, says the company's regional manager Jatin Patel.Operated under a

Parker Aerospace wins jet missile contract

Liberty Lake operation to design, build parts for Norwegian company

May 9, 2013

Jessica Valencia

Parker Aerospace, which includes the former Liberty Lake-based SprayCool Data Systems Inc. operations, was awarded a project last month to provide cooling components and systems for missiles made by Norwegian defense contractor Kongsberg Defence &

Spokane Valley-based FlyBack Energy readies for launch

Valley tech concern to start marketing its first product this fall

May 9, 2013

Jessica Valencia

On the heels of a change in leadership, energy technology company FlyBack Energy Inc. soon will start marketing its initial product, marking a transition out of a research-and-development phase it's been in since it was founded in 2006, says new a