Chey Scott

Leone & Keeble updating Pomeroy school building

$5.9 million project will include modernizing gymnasium, locker rooms

October 6, 2011

Spokane-based general contractor Leone & Keeble Inc. has started work on a $5.9 million project to modernize and renovate the junior-senior high school in Pomeroy, Wash., located about 115 miles southwest of Spokane.Pomeroy School District Kim a

Painting and sipping on pinot

October 6, 2011

Chey Scott

Van Gogh & Merlot, a relatively new Spokane-based business venture, is taking a more grown-up approach to painting by the numbers.Instead of apple juice and finger painting, participants of Ulysses Mireles' painting classes are most likely to be

HollisterStier is upgrading laboratory

Work includes remodel, installing new equipment at a cost of $3.5 million

October 6, 2011

Chey Scott

Jubilant HollisterStier Contract & Manufacturing Services, the big Spokane-based sterile allergy-product maker, is in the process of making $3.5 million worth of equipment upgrades and related remodeling work at its East Spokane facility, at 3525 a

New tech catapults young firm

'Augmented reality' focus could lead Gravity Jack to sales, work force growth

October 6, 2011

Chey Scott

A young Liberty Lake-based software-design venture that's grabbing hold of an up-and-coming computing technology, called augmented reality, is on such a fast growth track that its top executives say they can hardly keep up with its own demand for a

GYN-oncologist joins Rockwood's cancer team

Physician uses leading-edge procedures to help women overcome serious diseases

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

A new specialty physician who recently joined Rockwood Clinic PS, the big Spokane-based doctors group owned by Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems Inc., brings with him an extensive background in caring for women who have a form of that

Breast cancer treatment said to have fewer side effects

Rockwood oncologist claims radiation technique also is quicker

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

A relatively new radiation-therapy technique being used at Rockwood Clinic PS's Cancer Treatment Center, in Spokane Valley, can help minimize the onset of some of the harsh side effects women suffer when undergoing radiation treatment, says Dr. of

U.S. 95 widening project continues into next phase

$21 million third-stage contract includes work on five miles of highway

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

The next phase of work is set to begin soon on a project to widen and improve safety on a 30-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 95 in North Idaho, between Hayden and just south of Sandpoint.The Idaho Transportation Department recently awarded a $21 to

Nonprofit here renovating historic apartment building

East Central structure will house low-income residents once updated

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

A Spokane nonprofit has started renovating a 101-year-old historic apartment building it owns in the East Central neighborhood and plans to lease the building's units to low-income residents once renovations are completed.The two-story brick the

DOT seeks replacement of Lake Roosevelt ferry

On average, 150 vehicles board vessel daily; state also to improve terminals

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

The Washington state Department of Transportation recently sought bids to replace a more than 60-year-old ferry that serves travelers needing to cross Lake Roosevelt between Lincoln and Ferry counties.The Martha S., also known as the Keller 21 a

Kalispels to start Sprague realignment near casino

$2.8 million project will move road section south to allow for development

September 22, 2011

Chey Scott

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians recently opened bids for a project to move and reconstruct a stretch of Sprague Avenue located just south of the tribe's Northern Quest Resort & Casino to make way for future development of land it owns there.The is