Chey Scott

City to spend $300 million to reduce sewage entering river

City plans $300 million in upgrades by late '17; meanwhile, flows surge

May 10, 2012

Starting this year and continuing through the next five years, the city of Spokane's wastewater management department plans to invest around $300 million into upgrades intended to greatly reduce the volume of combined stormwater and untreated sewer

Eclectic renewal shapes Spokane's South Perry District

Historic neighborhood gets several new businesses in recent years

May 10, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane's South Perry District, on the east side of the lower South Hill, has seen a lot change in the last several years, with one of the most noticeable progressions being the number of new businesses setting up shop there.Since the beginning

Retirement center sees shift in age, patient acuity

Royal Plaza's staff say assisted-living residents enter needing more help

April 26, 2012

Chey Scott

During the past several years, directors at Royal Plaza Retirement Center, on Spokane's North Side, say they have seen a noticeable shift in the characteristics of residents who live in its assisted- and independent-living units. Because of they

Legal aid groups see rise in cases for low-income clients

Economic factors result in more people who can't afford to pay for a lawyer

April 26, 2012

Chey Scott

Groups here that provide free, civil legal services to low-income residents say they're seeing a rise in cases while funding support for their programs has tightened. More than 600 attorneys here, out of a total of about 1,500 licensed attorneys

Inland Asphalt bids lowest for $1.6 million road rehab

Project involves repaving several residential streets in Franklin Park vicinity

April 26, 2012

Chey Scott

Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, is the low bidder on a $1.6 million project to rehabilitate a half-mile stretch of Columbia Avenue between Division and Post streets, as well as several surrounding residential streets in the Franklin Park on North

Fatbeam inks $2 million deal with Yakima School District

Post Falls company also aims to serve businesses in Yakima with network

April 26, 2012

Chey Scott

Fatbeam LLC, a Post Falls-based provider of broadband fiber networks, says it recently inked a contract worth more than $2 million with the Yakima School District to provide high-capacity fiber-optic connections amongst the district's seven-year to

Felts Field site mulled for Spokane aerospace museum

Research of East Spokane site ongoing; board doesn't rule out original spot near SIA

April 26, 2012

Chey Scott

Ongoing plans to establish a museum and educational center commemorating the Inland Northwest's aerospace and military history could be modified to move that facility's location from a site just west of Spokane International Airport to the Felts in

Division of Quisenberry Marketing builds big exhibits

Division of Quisenberry grows quickly by serving niche interactive market

April 26, 2012

Chey Scott

IQ Smart Interactive, a young division of Spokane-based Quisenberry Marketing & Design Inc. that designs and makes interactive exhibits, shipped last week close to two dozen educational displays to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, in big

Bids come in for $800,000 worth of airport upgrades

Work includes re-roof job at Felts, improvements to SIA parking garage lights

April 12, 2012

Chey Scott

The Spokane Airport Board has received construction contract bids for two separate projects totaling just over $800,000 that are expected to take place later this spring and summer at Spokane International Airport and at Felts Field.Power City a

Low bid for Iron Bridge job under budget in round two

City altered scope of work for project to modify trestle for cyclist, pedestrian use

April 12, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane-based Wesslen Construction Inc. is the apparent low bidder on a long-awaited $822,000 project in Spokane's University District to convert an abandoned railroad bridge across the Spokane River into a pedestrian-and-cyclist bridge.Gary a a