Spokane Turbine Center, a missionary-pilot training nonprofit started here in 2008, has bought from Spokane Airports two structures at Felts Field that it previously had leased. One is a 24,000-square-foot hangar, and the other is a two-floor CEO a

Numerica Credit Union plans to open two new branches by the end of next year, including one this year in the two-story former First National Bank Building downtown, says Kelli Hawkins, spokeswoman for the credit union.Meanwhile, Numerica has on

Spokane-based Fred's Appliance Inc. plans to open a new retail outlet in Missoula, Mont., in April, and is working on securing land to build a store in Kalispell, Mont., says Troy Varness, the company's general manager. The Missoula store will a

Seattle-based Lighthouse for the Blind Inc., which provides jobs for blind people and others with disabilities, plans to expand its Inland Northwest Lighthouse manufacturing facility, located on Spokane's North Side, and boost its employment here.

Davenport-based contractor Halme Construction Inc. is the apparent low bidder on a street-improvement project along Francis Avenue between Crestline and Haven streets, says city of Spokane spokeswoman Marlene Feist.Halme submitted a $1.1 million

The Spokane Regional Transportation Council is slated to add $5.5 million in projects to its 2013-2016 transportation improvement program, pending board approval next month, says SRTC spokeswoman Staci Lehman.The 13 proposed projects, which are

Spokane Public Schools is expected to conduct an early round of hiring starting March 1 to fill 51 full-time teaching positions for the next academic year, says Tennille Jeffries-Simmons, chief human resources officer for the district.The are in

Spokane Valley-based manufacturer True Seals LLC, operating under the tutelage of former Nott-Atwater Co. President Jim Hemingway, is looking to fill a void created when that company's longtime manufacturing facility here shut down more than a year