Kim Crompton

Boating industry looks to right ship

Dealers here mostly foresee lengthy recovery period

May 6, 2010

After 26 years of selling new boats here, Vince Zimmer is getting out of that wave-tossed business for awhile so he can focus instead on service work and used-boat consignment sales. He isn't alone in feeling buffeted by the changing market. "I a

Precision Machine to double space here

Crown West to expand Lewiston-based company's building at big industrial park

April 22, 2010

Kim Crompton

Precision Machine & Supply Inc., a fabrication and precision machining company based in Lewiston, Idaho, plans roughly to double its space at a repair center it operates in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, in Spokane Valley.Dan Wenstrom,

Subdivision site reverts to Sterling

Considerable work done on 136-lot initial phase of gated ElkRidge Heights

April 22, 2010

Kim Crompton

A large site south of Spokane Valley where an investor group had begun developing a 253-home subdivision that was to include residences priced mostly upwards of $500,000 has reverted back to Spokane lender Sterling Savings Bank after falling into a

Pearson to market Italian-made equipment

Packaging systems maker says agreement is first step in long-term relationship

April 22, 2010

Kim Crompton

Pearson Packaging Systems, a West Plains maker of packaging equipment, says it has signed an exclusive co-marketing agreement with Italian manufacturer CT Pack under which it will begin selling specialized equipment made by that company.Pearson

Ritchie Bros. mulls auction facility here

Big industrial auctioneer to hold first Spokane event in 20 years next month

April 22, 2010

Kim Crompton

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc., of Vancouver, British Columbia, which claims to be the world's largest industrial auctioneer, says it plans to hold its first auction here in 20 years next month and, more significantly, is considering opening a May

Sladich bullish as he leaves CVB

Bureau's top executive foresees sharp rebound in tourism despite sour economy

April 8, 2010

Kim Crompton

Harry Sladich surprised civic boosters here when he announced recently he plans to resign as president and CEO of the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau to take a job in the private sector, but he says he's seeing a lot of encouraging

Custom cable maker's saga here ends in bankruptcy

Final liquidation decree entered for Cables Inc.; owners' case still pending

April 8, 2010

Kim Crompton

Cables Inc., a company here that made custom cable assemblies that go into electronics and whose customers had included some prominent Spokane technology companies, has ceased operating, and its bankruptcy case has been closed.The contract for

Liquidation ends trailer maker's run

Reliance Trailer, Alloy's successor, shut down quietly a few months ago

April 8, 2010

Kim Crompton

The last remnants of a truck trailer manufacturing operation here that dates back nearly half a century and had employed more than 300 people for a time were scheduled to be auctioned off today. Reliance Trailer Co. LLC, at 3025 S. Geiger Blvd.,

Bank's life after NASDAQ

AmericanWest says it doesn't expect exit from stock exchange to hinder capital pursuit

March 25, 2010

Kim Crompton

The recent decision by AmericanWest Bancorp., Spokane-based parent of AmericanWest Bank, to pull its common stock off of the Nasdaq exchange shuts off its access to a large potential source of capital at a time when the company is hungry for a he

Liberty Lake boat dealer broadens its inventory mix

MasterCraft Inland NW now selling Centurion, Supra, Moomba models

March 25, 2010

Kim Crompton

MasterCraft Inland Northwest, a Liberty Lake boat dealership, has broadened its inventory mix by adding the Centurion, Supra, and Moomba boat lines."Adding these three great boat lines to our store allows us to provide a better experience for