Judith Spitzer

Spokesman-Review to consolidate some functions, pursue plans to reduce staffing

Cowles Co. to create more space for lease

October 9, 2014

The Spokesman-Review newspaper says it will consolidate operations in the Spokesman-Review building and neighboring Spokane Chronicle building to make additional space available for lease, along with reducing its workforce by 5 percent, as disclosed earli

Walker Construction starts $12.3 million Pasco job

STEM high school to be completed next summer

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has started construction of the 45,000-square-foot, $12.3 million Delta High School, a four-year-old STEM-focused high school in northwest Pasco, Wash. STEM refers to the academic areas of science, technology

Proposed abandoned property law stirs debate

City council slated to vote on ordinance this month

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

City leaders say a proposed registry of vacant, single-family Spokane homes in foreclosure would hold companies and banks accountable for keeping the properties in good condition, but a mortgage lending association representative says many mortgage lender

Court win bolsters Avista Foundation

$6.5 million endowment brings total to $10 million

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Avista Corp.'s recent contribution of $6.5 million to the Avista Foundation brings the total endowment to about $10 million, which is enabling the organization to perpetuate its mission of helping to sustain the community through its focus on education,

Distressed properties on tour

Homebuyers can save by buying foreclosed houses

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Cindy Carrigan and her business partner, Doc Nicolson, both brokers with Keller Williams Realty Spokane Five Star Real Estate Group, have specialized in selling foreclosed homes here since 2001.

Women veteran in Spokane seeking aid for depression, PTSD

Military sexual trauma also common in female vets

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

In 2008, when Cindy Jayne, 52, retired after serving 22 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve, she was angry, depressed, drinking heavily, and had threatened suicide more than once. She wasn't technically homeless, she says, but she spent the better part of a

intelliPaper LLC shatters Kickstarter funding goal

'Smart' card product draws 10 times more than sought

September 25, 2014

Judith Spitzer

IntelliPaper LLC, the Edwall, Wash.-based company that makes recyclable, paper-based USB flash drives, has raised more than 10 times its goal of $10,000 through a recently completed Kickstarter crowdsourcing campaign for swivelCard, a 'smartâ€ business

Esthetician plans to open Skin Studio Academy here

Beauty industry sector said in growth mode

September 25, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Skin care is one of the fastest-growing sectors within the beauty industry, according to Washington State Employment Security figures, says Dana Ware, a master esthetician who plans to train students in the Spokane area in all phases of skin care with the

Celeste Shaw: Business from the heart

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September 25, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Celeste Shaw spent much of her childhood on a farm near Wolf Point, a tiny town in northeastern Montana. From an early age, she says, she was torn between being out with the cowboys where the action was, and being inside with the women, whose job it was t

When older adults go back to school

Career change, love of learning top lists of retirees' motivations

September 25, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Dr. Erik Strandness studied and practiced neonatal intensive-care medicine in Spokane for 25 years before retiring at the age of 51, in 2009, to pursue a graduate degree in theology at Whitworth University. After graduating in 2011, he took a position w