Chey Scott

SIA selects Lydig to erect new building

Airport is investing nearly $13 million in bolstering snow-removal capability

July 5, 2012

The Spokane Airport Board has awarded a $7.5 million contract to Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. to erect a building at Spokane International Airport for storing new snow-removal equipment purchased recently for more than $3.8 spokesman Todd

Beauty chain to open store in North Idaho

July 5, 2012

Chey Scott

ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc., a Bolingbrook, Ill.-based retailer of beauty products and salon services that does business as ULTA Beauty, plans to open an outlet in Coeur d'Alene later this month.Carolyn Sutphen, a spokeswoman with the

Cd'A software firm tests iPad menus at big chain

HubWorks Interactive to grow this year, founders say

July 5, 2012

Chey Scott

A young Coeur d'Alene-based technology startup is seeing early success with a suite of software it's developed that's aimed at business in the hospitality and restaurant industry. The company's founders say its software platform is designed to a

Good Spirits plans stores on North Side, in Spokane Valley

Five Mile, Valley outlets slated to open this month; additional locations eyed

July 5, 2012

Chey Scott

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Good Spirits LLC, which was established just before voters passed Initiative 1183 to privatize liquor sales last November, plans to open two new Spokane-area liquor superstores in the coming weeks. Ted Eaton, Good Spirits'

Spokane businesses fight to thwart graffiti

Property owners say removing it quickly is most effective

July 5, 2012

Chey Scott

Driving through Spokane on the city's main arterials, it's not difficult to notice the deliberate, spray-painted scribbles and markings of illegal graffiti on buildings, signs, light posts, overpasses, and even in some residential Spokane-area and

Soldering equipment concern sees big uptick in sales

RPS Automation expects to double revenue, largely due to aerospace work

June 21, 2012

Chey Scott

As the domestic aerospace-manufacturing sector continues to grow, Spokane Valley-based soldering equipment maker RPS Automation LLC is seeing its sales shoot upward and is attributing much of that increase to aerospace-related fabrication.RPS in

Plastic surgeons campaign to promote certification

Group member contends he's seen jobs botched by other specialists here

June 21, 2012

Chey Scott

An organization set up by 10 Inland Northwest-based plastic surgeons is funding an advertising campaign here intended to advise those who may be considering going under the knife to do their homework beforehand.Those surgeons have formed a group

Rewarding efficiency

Rockwood Clinic PS joins Premera effort to move away from fee-for-service approach

June 21, 2012

Chey Scott

As part of an effort to curb the rapidly increasing cost of health care, Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based medical insurance provider Premera Blue Cross has expanded a new payment model it's developed, called global outcomes contracting, to include a

Village Cafe replaces Empyrean

Longtime downtown spot sat empty for 18 months; new venue to open in July

June 21, 2012

Chey Scott

A trio of Spokane business partners plans to open a new cafe, bar, and concert venue next month in a downtown building at 171 S. Washington that most recently housed the Empyrean Coffee House.Doug LaPlante, Shawn Duffey, and Mark Agnew own the &

DigiDeal rolls out its first mobile app

DigiDeal's poker game similar to its full-scale, electronic casino tables

June 21, 2012

Chey Scott

DigiDeal Corp., a Spokane Valley-based developer of electronic gaming tables, has launched a new mobile game application that's a modified version of one of its digital table card games.Called Pocket Pickit Poker, the app is available for from a