Virginia Thomas

Apartments planned at Sunset Hill restaurant site

Rustle project to rise by midsummer 2023

August 25, 2022

The Fiesta Charra restaurant, located on Sunset Hill in west Spokane, is being demolished and replaced with a three-story apartment building. Rustle Project LLC, the company behind the Rustle Apartments project, is governed by Mike Schneider

Teen mental health, addiction center opens in Valley

Imagine by Northpoint offers outpatient services such as therapy, meds

August 25, 2022

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A Boise-based addiction and mental health treatment company has opened a center in the Spokane area specifically for adolescents. Imagine by Northpoint has opened at 924 S. Pines, in Spokane Valley.

McKinstry doubles size of its clean energy team

Inflation Reduction Act measures likely to boost energy-efficiency services demand

August 25, 2022

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McKinstry Co. has doubled the size of the renewables and energy-efficiency team at its Spokane office in the past three years and expects growth in that sector to continue, as recent federal legislation aims to make clean energy technology more

Projected real estate dip could reduce agent numbers

Industry here could be buoyed by market's momentum, in-migration

August 25, 2022

Virginia Thomas

Real estate experts and market observers here predict an impending economic downturn will have a winnowing effect on the industry's workforce, though Spokane's popularity as a target for in-migration could slow the effects of a downturn on the local

Cochinito Taqueria expands in Hayden with second location

Owners return to Idaho roots, plan more locations

August 25, 2022

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Spokane-based bar and taco restaurant Cochinito Taqueria is opening a second location in Hayden this fall, owners Travis Dickinson and Justin Curtis say.

PNW Provisions joins Spokane's startup scene

Spice blends, apparel company founders partner on Northwest health-conscious snacks venture

August 25, 2022

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Local entrepreneurs Pete Taylor and Joel Barbour have launched PNW Provisions LLC, a snacks and beverages company that met its $10,000 Kickstarter goal within 24 hours of the crowdsource campaign's launch.

Earnings fall at many banks with Spokane presence

Some institutions blame lack of PPP funds; others fault rising interest rates

August 11, 2022

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More than half of the banks with a presence in the Spokane area report a decrease in earnings for the second quarter of this year. Of 13 institutions with readily available earnings reports that have at least one branch in Spokane County, eight saw second

Latah Creek Animal Hospital to build new facility

Clinic to move across Cheney Spokane Road from current location

August 11, 2022

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Latah Creek Animal Hospital is building a new $1.4 million facility close to its current clinic. According to commercial building permit information filed with the city of Spokane, Latah Creek Animal Hospital will be constructed at 4302 S. Cheney Spokane

Vega Cloud, HP partner on new remote workstations

New service cater to regulated industries, data-intensive users

August 11, 2022

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A Liberty Lake-based cloud automation and optimization company has started collaborating with California-based technology company HP Inc. to develop secure remote workstations. Kris Bliesner, co-founder and CEO of Liberty Lake Cloud Inc., which does

Restaurateurs hope to strike gold in old Prospector's space

Couple plan 'blue collar' restaurant, music venue at building on North Side

August 11, 2022

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The former operators of Bigfoot Pub & Eatery are opening a restaurant and live music venue in the former Prospectors Bar & Grill space in the Wandermere area, on Spokane's North Side. John and Shadda Lee, who are husband and wife, plan to open Hammers