Natasha Nellis

Triumph Composite Systems lays off 22 at Spokane facility

Parent company plans reductions in FY 2021

July 16, 2020

Triumph Composite Systems Inc. will lay off 10 employees permanently at its Spokane facilities, effective July 20. Following an earlier layoff last month, this brings the total to 22 permanent layoffs at the facility since the coronavirus pandemic spread

Hearing examiner OKs Gun Club request

Decision appeals will be accepted until July 28

July 16, 2020

Natasha Nellis

The Spokane County Hearing Examiner has approved the Spokane Gun Club's application for a conditional-use permit to build a gun range on the West Plains. The hearing examiner handed down his decision on July 1. Spokane Gun Club officer Dave McCann

Cortner Architectural steadily grows client base

Company expects 2020 revenue to remain flat

July 16, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Tucked away in a white-brick house with a bright blue porch in Browne's Addition is Cortner Architectural Co., a longtime Spokane architecture company that traces its roots back to the early 1920s. The firm has been growing its client base steadily and

Industrial real estate remains in strong demand in Spokane area

Land, essential-retail investment gains traction

July 16, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Brokers here say some sectors of the commercial real estate industry have remained strong despite transactions skidding to a near halt as the mandates issued to reduce the spread of the coronavirus rippled through the state and shut down businesses.

California manufacturer plans to move to Liberty Lake

$3.8 million facility slated to be completed in 2022

July 16, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Ventura, California-based Swiss Productions Inc. is planning a new 25,700-square-foot manufacturing facility in Liberty Lake, where it will move its operations when the project is completed in 2022, says Richard Petrash, senior vice president and chief

Selkirk Pharma expands vision for West Plains plant

Plans on file with city show startup intends to employ 320 people

July 16, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Selkirk Pharma Inc.'s envisioned manufacturing plant on the West Plains will be more than double the size originally indicated, emerging details show. The Spokane-based injectable-drug manufacturing and packaging startup could break ground on the

Ecology awards $23 million in grants

Conservation district gets $1.8M in funds for Hangman Creek

July 2, 2020

Natasha Nellis

The Washington state Department of Ecology has awarded nearly $1.8 million in grants and loans to the Spokane Conservation District for two Hangman Creek clean water projects. In total, 19 clean water projects in counties throughout Eastern Washington

Colorado group acquires two Rathdrum companies

Mandere, Northwest Building to retain employees, names

July 2, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Denver, Colorado-based Kodiak Building Partners has added two Rathdrum-based construction companies to its growing portfolio. Mandere Construction Inc. and Northwest Building Components Inc. have been acquired by the building materials supply and

UW satellite clinic offers liver treatment services

Providers partner with local doctors, provide consultations

July 2, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Two liver specialists with the University of Washington say they've provided liver treatment consultations to over 200 patients with acute and chronic liver disorders throughout the university's year-old medicine-liver clinic in Spokane and have plans

Building code updates to encourage solar power

Changes part of push to eliminate fossil fuel use

June 18, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Washington state is now encouraging higher adoptions of solar energy systems in homebuilding as part of its drive to eliminate fossil fuel-generated electricity from the grid.