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Permits issued for three Spokane Valley projects worth $14 million

Triad Machinery, PODS, Krueger Sheet Metal plan new facilities

November 18, 2021

Three commercial projects valued at a total of $14 million have been issued building permits recently by the city of Spokane Valley. Triad Machinery is constructing a new facility for sales, rental, and services of heavy equipment at 19201 E. Garland

No Drought Brewing to open in Spokane Valley

Restaurants & Retail

November 18, 2021

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A taproom will soon occupy a long-vacant commercial space in Spokane Valley, near the Dishman Hills Natural Area. No Drought Brewing Co. is remodeling the 2,000-square-foot space at 10604 E. 16th and plans to open its doors in December

5.11 Tactical to open store in Spokane Valley

California apparel brand new to Washington state

November 18, 2021

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California-based apparel brand 5.11 Tactical is opening a retail location in Spokane Valley, its first in Washington state.

Jubilant HollisterStier to start $92 million remodel

New space will boost filling capacity by 50%

November 18, 2021

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Spokane-based pharmaceutical maker and packaging company Jubilant HollisterStier LLC has broken ground on a $92 million expansion in East Spokane. Marcy Edwards, head of marketing at Jubilant HollisterStier, says Spokane Valley-based contractor

Bellwether co-founder to develop new meadery

Restaurants & Retail

November 18, 2021

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Honey, grains, and old-fashioned recipes will be featured prominently at Emrys Fermentations' new meadery, brewery, and restaurant when it opens in spring 2022.

Cd'A makerspace boasts new director, mobile lab

Gizmo-cda offers tools, education for schools, community members

November 18, 2021

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Coeur d'Alene nonprofit makerspace Gizmo-cda Inc. has a new mobile makerspace, as well as a new executive director to lead the organization. On the Coeur d'Alene campus of North Idaho College, Gizmo's 11,000-square-foot space in the Hedlund

First Shopko remodel starts on Spokane's North Side

Also, Northpointe Plaza Target plans interior updates

November 18, 2021

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Two commercial renovation projects are planned for the Northpointe Plaza retail development, northeast of the Division Street 'Y.â€ The former Shopko building at 9520 N. Newport Highway will be reconfigured into three separate commercial spaces for

Gonzaga legend Dan Dickau bring Shoot 360 to Spokane

Shoot 360 offers digital analysis, drills, coaching

November 18, 2021

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Former Gonzaga University and NBA basketball player Dan Dickau is launching a Shoot 360 high-tech basketball facility on Spokane's North Side. At the Journal's press time, the facility was scheduled to open Wednesday

Boomers best younger generations in battle for houses much of the time

Young buyers hampered by student debt, lack of financial resources

November 18, 2021

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Competition for housing is erupting between the baby boomer and millennial generations, and the older generation tends to have the upper hand, experts here say.

Horizon, Great Falls-based credit unions to combine

Transaction to be completed next year

November 17, 2021

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Spokane Valley-based Horizon Credit Union is combining with Great Falls, Montana-based Embark Credit Union, the financial institutions announced this afternoon.