Mike McLean

West Plains manufacturer reports rebound in orders

L&M credits aerospace certification for boosting sales

August 25, 2011

L&M Precision Fabrication Inc., a custom manufacturing contractor based in Airway Heights, says it's enjoying a rebound in production due in part to its recently upgraded certification as an aerospace manufacturer. L&M has started hiring again a

Avista Corp. lines up four river projects

$1 million work on dams, waterfalls to be conducted through low-flow season

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

Avista Corp. says it has lined up more than $1 million in work this summer and fall related to its hydroelectric projects on the Spokane River near downtown.One of the most visible of four projects will include constructing a platform near Upper

Columbia eyes further expansion

Tacoma bank operator aims for continued growth after Whitman acquisition

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

Melanie Dressel, president and CEO of Tacoma-based Columbia Banking System Inc., says visiting the Spokane area is like coming home - and she's had reason to come home a little more often than usual this month.Columbia State Bank, the wholly of

Marshalls to anchor NorthTown

Apparel retailer pursues permit for remodel of old Rack space

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

TJX Cos., a multinational retail corporation, has applied to the city of Spokane to remodel the largest vacant space at NorthTown Mall for a new Marshalls store. The company also has posted online job notices for managers at the planned store, a

State's affordable-housing conference scheduled here

Three-day meet planned next month could draw more than 700 attendees

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

Housing Washington, an annual statewide conference on affordable housing, will be held Sept. 26-28 at the Spokane Convention Center.Jama Hawk, manager of administrative services for the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, says the is to

Kop to construct $1.2 million senior apartments in Omak

Project calls for 10 units in single-story structure to be completed in 2013

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

Kop Construction Co., of Spokane, has won a $1.2 million contract to construct senior housing in Omak, Wash.The housing complex, which is to be named Pine Meadows Senior Housing, will include 10 residential units, nine of which will be for says

Medical school site work to start shortly

Red Diamond expected to clear ash, soil in first step of Riverpoint project

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

Site work for Washington State University's planned $78 million Biomedical and Health Sciences Building on the Riverpoint Campus is expected to start this month.Bob Askins, of Graham Construction & Management Inc., the general contractor and on

TIF group hopes to fund revitalization

Board wants to attract more money for infrastructure work in the West Quadrant district

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

An advisory board for a Spokane tax-increment financing district called the West Quadrant hopes to find ways to leverage the roughly $200,000 the district has collected so far and recommend initial revitalization projects in which the city could of

Field House eatery to debut in River Ridge neighborhood

Restaurant hopes to open by Labor Day weekend at former Stadium Pizza

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

A group of Spokane restaurateurs plans to open a new eatery, the Field House Pizza & Pub, in the River Ridge Center in northwest Spokane.Nelson Phelps Inc., which is owned by Elizabeth and Curtis Nelson and Todd Phelps, will operate the in a by

Eagle Ridge plans 100-lot, $15.5 million ninth phase

Initial homes will target entry-level buyers; more upscale houses to follow

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

San Diego-based Newland Communities says it plans to begin work next year on a ninth phase of its Eagle Ridge development, the big residential community located in the Latah Valley area of south Spokane. The latest phase, it says, is expected to a