Mike McLean

Schweitzer Engineering set to expand

Lewiston plant to employ 250 within three years, Pullman staff also to grow

January 27, 2011

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc., the Pullman-based maker of electrical-system protection, monitoring, and control equipment, plans to break ground in February on a $10 million facility in Lewiston and hopes to start work in March on a $7

Auto sales on upward trend here

Some dealers anticipate 10 percent sales gains for second straight year

January 27, 2011

Mike McLean

Some car dealers here say vehicle sales in 2010 climbed significantly, following two years of generally dismal sales, and they expect that rebound to continue at a similar pace this year, due to an improving economy, rising consumer confidence, and

Lydig wins $91 million contract

Spokane contractor adds to its corrections portfolio with big California job

January 27, 2011

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has landed a $91 million contract for a jail-expansion project in Southern California that will nearly triple the inmate capacity of the facility there.The Adelanto Detention Center expansion project will a

Breast-feeding on the rise

Health-care act requires some employers to offer private lactation space

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Lactation educators here say the rate of breast-feeding is on the rise, and expect that trend to continue as awareness grows and as more employers make accommodations for lactating employees to comply with new federal rules that are part of the the

Real Estate Roundup

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Graceful Gift Baskets, a Spokane Valley custom gift-basket design and delivery concern, has leased 1,200 square feet of floor space in the Vista Industrial Park, at 111 N. Vista, and has moved there from a smaller, residential space. Tracy Poff, of

Prudential broker here buys building, moves Valley office

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Ken Lewis, owner and broker at Prudential Spokane Real Estate, says he has bought and refurbished a building at 421 N. Mullan, in Spokane Valley, and has moved the agency's Valley office there.Lewis says he has invested $280,000 to buy and the &

Garco wins steel work on WSU job

$908,000 subcontract part of animal-health center project on Pullman campus

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Washington State University says Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has won a $908,000 job to furnish and install structural steel for the Paul G. Allen Center for Global Animal Health, which is under construction on Washington State University's

Rendering courtesy Eric Hedlund Design LLC

Girl Scouts replace lodge at Lake Coeur d'Alene

Gunder Homes erects $1.2 million structure at Camp Four Echoes

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

The Girl Scouts Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho Council is erecting a $1.2 million lodge at Camp Four Echoes, on Lake Coeur d'Alene, to replace a 70-year-old structure there.The new two-story, 11,500-square- foot lodge will have about three

Northpointe to get new buffet eatery

Shopping complex owner also will subdivide space for new Big Lots outlet

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

The owner of the big Northpointe Plaza shopping center plans to remodel a vacant restaurant space for a new Black Jack Buffet Inc. restaurant. The company also will subdivide and renovate a former Linens 'n Things space to accommodate an earlier a

South Hill restaurant adds space

With expansion, Savory's inside seating capacity will exceed 200 people

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Savory Restaurant & Lounge, which opened on the South Hill in November, is expanding, says Scott Nelson, its general manager.The restaurant, located at 1314 S. Grand Blvd., has leased an adjacent 1,200-square-foot suite formerly occupied by A in