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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Hyundai dealership in downtown Spokane changes hands

Most employees retained from former LHM location
June 7, 2018
Virginia Thomas
A pair of Canadian automotive industry veterans has acquired the former Larry H. Miller Hyundai Spokane dealership in Spokane Valley and renamed it Spokane Hyundai. Greg Churchill, president, and Craig Fruin, general manager of Spokane Hyundai, at 8801
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SRM Development secures $20 million in private capital

Spokane developer planning senior projects in California
June 7, 2018
Virginia Thomas
SRM Development LLC, a Spokane-based development company, has secured $20 million in capital through a private placement with investors. The developer, which focuses on senior housing, multifamily housing, and commercial buildings, will use SRM Senior Ho
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Smart housing project planned in South Perry District

Work on $2 million Blockhouse project could start in early fall
June 7, 2018
Virginia Thomas
Six businesspeople from a variety of industries are coming together to build a $2 million 'smart” housing development, called Blockhouse, in the South Perry District. Andy Barrett, one of the partners in the Blockhouse collaboration, says the group e
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Permits secured for Gold Reserve project

Site work to clear way for big Venezuelan mine
May 24, 2018
Virginia Thomas
Gold Reserve Inc., a mining company incorporated in Canada with executive offices in downtown Spokane, has received the permit to begin construction activities at a gold, copper, and silver mining project in southeast Venezuela in conjunction with the Ven
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Place LA is off to strong start in blooming economy

Young firm completed 63 projects in 2017, aims for more contracts this year
May 24, 2018
Virginia Thomas
After more than two decades working in landscape architecture, Joshua Tripp started Place Landscape Architecture LLC here on April Fool's Day in 2016 with just $100 in a business account. Since then, says Tripp, the landscape architecture firm has flour
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Northwest Bedding to be shuttered

Company has two stores, factory, about 30 employees
May 24, 2018
Virginia Thomas
Longtime Spokane-area mattress maker and retailer Northwest Bedding Co. will shut down operations this summer, says controller Lee Kvalheim, citing a lack of a succession plan and an absence of interested buyers in the decision to close the company.
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MacKay Manufacturing reports growth in sales

Manufacturer provides internal education, hopes to attract students to field
May 24, 2018
Virginia Thomas
A decade after the Great Recession, MacKay Manufacturing Inc. owner and Vice President Katie MacKay says business is good. From 2014 to 2016, the computer numerical control precision machining manufacturer had stagnant sales of around $22 million ann
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Avista plans $165M meter upgrade

Using Itron technology, about 450,000 devices to be replaced in phases
May 21, 2018
Virginia Thomas
Spokane-based Avista Utilities is partnering with Liberty Lake-based meter technology manufacturer Itron Inc. to install smart meters throughout Avista's Washington service territory in a $165 million project scheduled to begin next fall, the utility comp
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Anderson Peretti CPA firm acquires Spokane-based practice

Valley-based company now has four branch offices
January 18, 2018
Virginia Thomas
Spokane Valley-based accounting firm Anderson Peretti & Co. CPAs PS has acquired Blodgett & Co. CPAs. Erica Young, vice president at Anderson Peretti, says all six employees with Blodgett & Co. will remain with the firm, including Dave Blodgett, who foun
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