Judith Spitzer

Gold Reserve awarded $740 million in Venezuelan mine dispute

Legal battle with South American country finally might be nearing end

September 25, 2014

Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mine-exploration company that sued the Venezuelan government after that country seized the company's primary mining property, has been awarded $740.3 million in compensation for the loss, says company President Doug

Business and divorce in Washington state

Spokane attorney writes about marriage dissolution in state

September 25, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Most couples don't enter into a marriage or a business anticipating that either may be torn apart by divorce. But with about 50 percent of marriages in the United States ending in divorce, that possibility exists, notes David Crouse, a Spokane divo

Method Juice CafÃ© squeezes out a niche

Downtown restaurant seeks out sustainable ingredients, supplies

September 11, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Tyler Lafferty and Nick Murto, arguably two of Spokane's busiest entrepreneurs, are intensely passionate about socially responsible business practices as well as sustainability and good health, a few reasons they opened Method Juice CafÃ© two years ago

Providence Holy Family in mediation with union

Nurses' wages said to lag behind Sacred Heart's

September 11, 2014

Judith Spitzer

The Seattle-based Washington State Nurses Association, which represents more than 400 registered nurses at Providence Holy Family Hospital in north Spokane, are in mediation talks with hospital administrators over pay that they contend lags behind that of

Spokane Public Schools upgrades security at many facilities

SPS has spent $14 million on safety steps since '03

September 11, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Spokane Public Schools has installed new, single-point-of-entry security doors at main entrances of nine schools and has retrofitted locks on hundreds of classroom doors, enabling teachers to lock doors from inside the classroom. The district has spent

Spokane County United Way sets aggressive goal

CEO says organization, donors seek measurable outcomes

September 11, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Spokane County United Way is doing philanthropic work with the community, rather than on its behalf, asserts president and CEO Tim Henkel, and he wants community members to think of it that way. Both United Way and its donors look for ways to effect chan

Farm-to-table food vendors find growing demand

Options include online ordering, subscriptions

August 28, 2014

Judith Spitzer

The so-called farm-to-table food movement seems to have taken hold across the country as well as here in Spokane. Plentiful fresh local produce and other food can be purchased from a number of neighborhood farmers' markets, and served the same night. Bu

$8 million in grants on tap to help area homeless

Goodwill receives two grants to help veterans

August 28, 2014

Judith Spitzer

About $8 million in federal grants have been awarded to Spokane-area agencies this summer to support housing and self-sufficiency programs for the homeless, more than half of which will go to programs intended to help homeless veterans in particular.

T.W. Clark Construction lands $4.1 million project

Work to include remodeling space for 911 call center

August 28, 2014

Judith Spitzer

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane Valley, says it will begin work around Sept. 1 on a $4.1 million remodeling project at the Yakima County Resource Center, in Union Gap, Wash., near Yakima. The remodel of the building, located at 2403 S. 18th in Un

Speaking fluent tango

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August 28, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Satori is a Zen Buddhism term meaning sudden enlightenment, or one of those 'aha moments,â€ although there is no literal English translation for the word, says Victor Smith. Smith owns Satori Dance Studios at 122 S. Monroe, and those aha moments are