Articles by Virginia Thomas

Cascade Windows looks to southwestern U.S. to expand its window sales

Company acquires Tempe manufacturer, employs 850

August 28, 2014

Spokane Valley-based Cascade Windows, already one of the larger vinyl window and door manufacturers in the western U.S., is expanding to the Southwest. It says it has acquired Tempe, Ariz.-based manufacturer Paramount Windows, boosting its overall workfo

Third annual manufacturing expo slated next month

Range of product makers expected to be on hand

August 14, 2014

Virginia Thomas

Manufacturers from a broad range of industry sectors are expected to gather here for the third annual Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Aerospace Expo, which will be held Sept. 29-30. The expo aims to highlight opportunities for Inland Northwest manufac

Hop Jack's restaurant to open in Spokane Valley Mall space

Second Spokane-area eatery set to employ 90

August 14, 2014

Virginia Thomas

Rock Solid Restaurants LLC, an Auburn, Wash.-based restaurant chain operator, has leased 5,000 square feet of floor space in Spokane Valley Mall and plans to open a Hop Jack's restaurant there in early November. The eatery will be Rock Solid's secon

Targeting a bull's-eye niche

July 17, 2014

Virginia Thomas

As customers walk in the front door of Sharp Shooting Indoor Range & Gun Shop Inc., CEO Robin Ball greets most by name. From the shooting range on the other side of the building comes the intermittent bang of pistol shots. At the glass counters where hu