Kevin Blocker

INWAC keeps sights set on top-tier manufacturers

COVID-19 outbreak tempers expectations

May 7, 2020

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Inland Northwest Aerospace Consortium remains undeterred in its work to try to lure a major aerospace manufacturer to the West Plains, INWAC chairman Mark Norton says.

MultiCare shuffles Spokane leadership team

Valley hospital's Repetti moves into new dual role

May 7, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Tacoma, Washington-based MultiCare Health System has made a series of changes to its Spokane-area leadership team.

Spokane auto dealerships are driven online during shutdown

INW auto retailers work to salvage sales before being allowed to reopen

May 7, 2020

Kevin Blocker

As the pandemic-related shutdowns sent automotive and recreational vehicle sales into a free fall, Spokane-area dealers detoured to the internet in unprecedented ways to move goods.

Rock Pointe West suites slated for $950K remodel

27K-square-foot space on fourth, fifth floors set for tenant improvements

April 23, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Unico Properties LLC, a Seattle-based real estate investment company, has submitted a permit application to the city of Spokane calling for almost $1 million in tenant improvements at one of four office buildings in the Rock Pointe Corporate Center.

Pledge 1200 garners commitments in 42 states

Consumers nationwide agree to spend stimulus funds in communities

April 23, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Residents from 42 states have committed to spending more than $1 million at struggling small businesses in their respective communities through an initiative co-founded by a young professional in Spokane.

Clearwater Paper is lone bright spot in first quarter market report

Toilet paper demand fuels manufacturer as others lose value

April 23, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Fueled by nationwide consumer demand in toilet paper, Spokane-based Clearwater Paper Corp. was the lone publicly traded company in the region to experience an increase in market capitalization in the first quarter of 2020, according to an analysis by Hart

Restaurants and Retail: In Their Own Words

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April 23, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Record year in 2019 to help Kiemle Hagood weather COVID-19

Commercial real estate company had been seeing strong start in early '20

April 23, 2020

Kevin Blocker

The senior leadership team at Spokane-based real estate company Kiemle Hagood finds itself in a considerably more enviable position than many businesses that are suffering through, or have been claimed altogether, by the coronavirus nightmare.

Two medical office buildings planned in Spokane

Combined value to total about $6.5M, records show

April 23, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Plans for two medical office buildings-one on Spokane's lower South Hill and the other in the northwest part of the city-have a combined project valuation of at least $6.5 million, according to city permit applications.

Worksource staff makes virtual transition

Employment workers got early jump on virus

April 23, 2020

Kevin Blocker

In just four days, Spokane's employment and worker training agency WorkSource moved its entire staff of 125 workers home as coronavirus began its march across the state.