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N. Idaho auto dealer earns $20,000 in green rebates

Avista awards incentives for Taylor & Sons' efforts to reduce its energy needs

September 8, 2011

Avista Corp., of Spokane, recently awarded $20,000 in rebates to Taylor & Sons Chevrolet for energy efficiency measures employed in constructing its new dealership facilities in Ponderay, Idaho.The measures incorporated in construction of & and

Water clarity projects come into focus for Blue Ribbon

Environmental concern's expertise grows beyond cleaning spills

September 8, 2011

Mike McLean

Blue Ribbon Environmental Products Inc., a Spokane company that originally specialized in selling products for cleaning up fuel spills, now is concentrating more on cleaning up entire bodies of water, says Gary Snyder, the company's environmental a

Real Estate Roundup

September 8, 2011

Mike McLean

Northwest HVAC/R Association & Training Center, a nonprofit education and training organization, has bought a 7,500-square-foot office building at 204 E. Nora and has moved there from leased space at 811 E. Sprague. Doug Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate &

CNI garners $7.9 million tech-ed job

Cd'A builder to construct North Idaho high school to develop skilled workers

September 8, 2011

Mike McLean

A consortium of three North Idaho school districts has selected Coeur d'Alene-based Contractors Northwest Inc., to be the general contractor for the Kootenai Technical Education Campus planned on the Rathdrum Prairie.CNI was the lowest bidder a

VA seeks partner to develop housing for homeless vets

Special lease proposed for land near hospital in northwest Spokane

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a public or private developer to build and manage permanent housing for homeless veterans on underused land at its hospital campus in northwest Spokane.Cheryl Wood, chief of engineering at a

Hospital in Sandpoint buys longtime downtown car lot

Consultant hired to study priorities for expanding Bonner General services

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

Bonner General Hospital, in Sandpoint, says it has bought a 2-acre lot in the heart of the North Idaho city's downtown and plans to expand there.The parcel formerly was owned and occupied by Taylor-Parker Motor Co., now Taylor & Sons Chevrolet.

Cancer Care to build new Valley clinic

Larger, $8.5 million center will enable practice to add radiation treatments there

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

Cancer Care Northwest PS, a prominent Spokane-area cancer-treatment provider, says it plans to expand its Spokane Valley presence with a new 20,000-square-foot center to be built near Valley Hospital & Medical Center.Warren Benincosa, Cancer the

HUD awards $3.6 million to agency

Colville tribe housing entity will use federal funds for upgrades, other purposes

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $3.6 million to the Colville Indian Housing Authority, the low-income housing entity of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.Elena Bassett, executive director of the

West Plains manufacturer reports rebound in orders

L&M credits aerospace certification for boosting sales

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

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