Spokane Journal of Business

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Of hidden eyes, undetected ears

A yellowed Sears, Roebuck & Co. sticker on the screen door of Mark Strains Spokane Valley home says the premises are monitored by electronic devices.Upon entering the basement where Strain operates his business, Strain Security & Night Vision...

Pinecroft expansion planned

A Spokane company headed by developers John Miller and Bob Bonuccelli plans to develop two additional phases of Pinecroft Business Park, in the Spokane Valley, that they project will be the site of $68 million in new commercial buildings.The in...

Radiology group inks Seattle deal

Inland Imaging Associates PS, of Spokane, says it has won a five-year contract, beginning July 1, to provide radiology services to Polyclinic, an 85-physician, multispecialty health-care practice in Seattle.The contract is the Spokane first the...

WSU sees big future here

Washington State Universitys Spokane campus is expected to become vastly more important in the WSU constellation in the near future, offering many more graduate-level and research programs and leading a new push into human-health sciences, school...

Faxing from desktop becomes more practical

Unless you need the exercise, theres less reason these days to walk from your desk to the office fax machine to grab a fax or to send one off. A few clicks of your mouse might do.Desktop faxing capabilities on corporate networks are getting a...

WI-FI is in the air

By Kim CromptonOf the Journal of BusinessImagine being able to get broadband access to stock-market quotes, breaking news, and office work systems and e-mail from your handheld or laptop computer while relaxing on a bench in Riverfront...

State studies contamination at former industrial site here

The Washington state Department of Ecology has completed an investigation report on a former industrial site in East Spokane that is polluted with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.The site, at 708 N. Cook, had been used by now-defunct Spokane...

Evergreen office park planned

A partnership headed by Spokane contractor Mike Silvey plans to develop a Spokane Valley office park that will include three buildings and cost $2 million.The park, to be called River Rock Professional Center, is planned for the northeast of a...

TD&H grows steadily, builds public-sector niche

When Thomas, Dean & Hoskins Inc. entered the Spokane market in 1987, it employed one engineer and had even fewer clients here. Since then, growth has been steady at the Great Falls, Mont.-based engineering companys Spokane office, which now a...

Lofts eyed in building downtown

DuPree Inc., which does business as Window & Door Design, of Spokane, plans to restore the Hopson Building, at 1213 W. Railroad, into loft-style apartments, if it can arrange financing for the project.Meanwhile, DuPree is remodeling the which a...

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