Spokane-based Hospitality Associates Inc. has re-franchised 30 of the 50 hotels it owns and operatesincluding two hereunder an agreement reached recently with Dallas, Tex.-based La Quinta Inns Inc.As part of the transition to the new new the...
Full StoryBrian and Kathy Mathis might well take a certain satisfaction from telling motorists where they can get off.Its not that either of them is prone to road rage. Its just that the need to tell drivers where to go and where not to go, and what &...
Full StoryAshley Gardens at Northpointe, a 2-year-old dementia-care facility at 12420 N. Ruby, on Spokanes North Side, closed its doors last month, laying off 23 workers and forcing eight residents to find other accommodations.Two other dementia-care to...
Full StoryIn a ruling with potentially broad implications for employers, the Washington state Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a civil lawsuit brought by a Spokane worker who claimed she developed a stress disorder and quit her job because of an and...
Full StoryAfter sustaining deep financial wounds in 2001, Avista Corp. is aiming to take some important steps in the first quarter toward recovery.First, though, the Spokane company, hurt over the last two years by precipitous wholesale energy prices and...
Full StorySchweitzer Mountain Resort is embarking on an aggressive development program that includes marketing some of its 7,000 acres of property to other developers; increasing air-travel access to Sandpoint; and engaging in joint marketing efforts with to...
Full StoryBankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington rose last year to a record high, and some observers say the increase will continue.During 2000, businesses and individuals filed 8,357 petitions seeking protection from creditors in the U.S. Bankruptcy in...
Full StoryDeaconess Medical Center and Shriners Hospital for Children-Spokane are studying the idea of creating a joint childrens hospital, although little is being said publicly about what such a venture would entail.We have been in preliminary with...
Full StoryCrows Nest Entertainment Inc., of Spokane, has signed a pact with San Diego-based MP3.com Inc. through which it will begin selling and installing a new Web-based business music and advertising delivery service nationwide.Pat Stimpson, executive...
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