Mike McLean

Shipper plans $3.6 million Valley terminal

Old Dominion says it will move terminal operations from space it leases here

November 25, 2009

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., a national trucking company based in Thomasville, N.C., says it plans to erect a $3.6 million, 18,000-square-foot terminal in Spokane Valley and move its Spokane operations there from space it currently leases.The

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Hoping to avoid cuts in Olympia

Business advocates here to submit conservative requests to Legislature

November 25, 2009

Mike McLean

Business advocates here say they're going to be especially conservative this year when they submit funding requests to the Washington Legislature for the upcoming session because the state's supplemental budget likely will involve more deep cuts in

Work starts on two Wal-Mart stores in area

Idaho outlets' project values top $25 million; work force might hit 600

November 25, 2009

Mike McLean

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the big Bentonville, Ark.-based retail chain, is getting ready to expand its already substantial presence in the Inland Northwest.It says it has started work on two large North Idaho stores—one in Hayden and the in a

Interface buys building on West Second

Computer-training school here expects larger quarters will give it room to grow

November 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Interface Computer Services Inc., a computer-skills school that does business here as Interface College-Spokane, says it has bought an 8,800-square-foot, two-story building at the northwest corner of Second Avenue and Stevens Street downtown and to

Retraining programs swell

Displaced workers here prepare for changes in careers with state, federal help

November 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Shannon Eslick decided to enroll in dental-assistant courses at Spokane Community College through its state-funded Worker Retraining program after she was laid off for a second time last year by Insight Enterprises Inc.'s Liberty Lake outlet.The

Flexibility is at Hart of matter

Hart Capital Management says it's seeing increase in clients here

November 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Hart Capital Management Inc. has focused on protecting its clients' assets through two economic downturns and is back on a growth track this year, says Craig Hart, the 11-year-old asset management company's president and chief investment The is in

Bouten plans to open office in Tri-Cities

Spokane contractor says community presence will build relationships there

November 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, says it will open an office in the Tri-Cities area of Central Washington Dec. 1.The new office will be in south Richland near the Columbia Point Golf Course, about 150 miles southwest of Spokane.President

YMCA to move its offices to old bingo hall

Consultant advises razing former health-club facility, accepting conservation funds

November 12, 2009

Mike McLean

The YMCA of the Inland Northwest has leased a former bingo hall near its new central facility and plans to move its offices there early next year, says Rig Riggins, its president and CEO.Riggins says the organization's administrative 45 begin &

Accounting firm changes hands, name

BehlerMick distances itself from Williams & Webster founder's disciplinary woes

November 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Brian Behler and Melanie Sexton Mick, who have been managing the Williams & Webster PS CPA firm for the past two years, say they're buying the firm from founder Kevin J. Williams and have changed its name to BehlerMick PS.The name change, they a

Preparers here advise clients to plan for big tax changes

Businesses, individuals urged to strategize to reduce exposure to hikes

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Tax professionals here are urging their clients to forge tax strategies now for changes ahead.The health-care legislation Congress is busy working on now likely will be funded in part by higher tax rates on individuals and businesses in upper of