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Virginia Thomas

Reporter Virginia Thomas has worked at the Journal since 2017 and covers the health care industry. As a reporter, she loves learning about Spokane's many growing industries. She enjoys traveling with her husband, snuggling with her cats, and cross stitching.

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—Virginia Thomas

Having survived crypto winter, Krambu thrives

Idaho startup to expand with Newport data center
February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
A 3-year-old startup based in Dalton Gardens has been making waves in the supercomputing industry, growing so rapidly in its short existence that it has expanded with a new location in northeast Washington.
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Parting Thoughts with Joyce Cameron of Providence Health Foundation

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February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Peering out from behind her signature, fashionably bold glasses, Joyce Cameron is quick to laugh. She's just as quick to recall with quiet reverence the rare moments during which
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New vision is in works for downtown Spokane

Parking, housing are focus of plan update
February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Parking structures replace surface parking lots in the city's core. A cultural trail through the center of downtown informs and inspires residents and visitors to a more broadly defined downtown Spokane, expanded to include the North Bank, as well as
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Georgia company acquires Wittkopf Landscaping

Landscape company name, staff to remain intact under SiteOne
January 30, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Roswell, Georgia-based SiteOne Landscape Supply has acquired Spokane Valley-based Wittkopf Enterprises Inc., which does business as Wittkopf Landscape Supplies. The companies completed the transaction on Jan. 2. Former owners Larry and Kristy Wittkopf
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Spokane Gun Club lawsuit dismissed

Group now plans to seek conditional-use permit
January 30, 2020
Virginia Thomas
The Spokane Gun Club is moving forward with plans for a new clubhouse and shooting range on the West Plains after a lawsuit that threatened the organization's plans was dismissed in Spokane Superior Court. As previously reported by the Journal
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Virginia Thomas

Global Credit Union evolves, expands new digital offerings

Credit union to introduce text-message banking feature later this year
January 30, 2020
Virginia Thomas
In an increasingly digital world, financial institutions continue to seek new technology that could help them to offer services and communicate with members. For Spokane-based Global Credit Union, that means making sure members can receive information
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Clean energy jobs become more prevalent in INW

Avista, Itron work to fill pipeline, recruit graduates
January 30, 2020
Virginia Thomas
More than half of all jobs in Washington's energy industry are in clean energy, according to a report released in December by Washington, D.C.-based industry group Environmental Entrepreneurs.
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Parting Thoughts with Paul Fish, of Mountain Gear

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January 30, 2020
Virginia Thomas
As I follow Mountain Gear Inc. owner, president, and CEO Paul Fish into the cubicle forest of Mountain Gear's corporate facility on our way to his office, we pass a fully-assembled camping tent. It's a stark reminder: while the trappings of a business
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Multifamily complexes in progress in Spokane Valley

Three projects to have more than 120 units
January 16, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Three new multifamily residential projects valued at a total of more than $15.7 million are planned or underway in Spokane Valley.
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Tangle Ridge housing development proposed in Latah Valley

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January 16, 2020
Virginia Thomas
A $25 million single-family housing development called Tangle Ridge Estates is planned just southeast of the Eagle Ridge development, in the Latah Valley area of southwest Spokane.
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