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LineSoft lands contract with big Midwest utility

LineSoft Corp., a Spokane-based maker of software for power-line planning and design, has inked a multimillion-dollar contract to provide software to WPS Resources Corp., of Green Bay, Wis.Tom Smith, a LineSoft spokesman, estimates the value of...

Argus lands $4.7 million GSA contract

Argus Services Inc., a Spokane Valley-based security company, says it has landed an annual contract worth $4.7 million to provide armed security personnel for about two dozen federal facilities along the Interstate 5 corridor in Oregon and new to a...

Cd’A High School slated for $11 million upgrade

Coeur dAlene School District No. 271 is planning an $11 million remodel and expansion of Coeur dAlene High School.Construction bids for the project are scheduled to be opened today, Feb. 8.If the bids are acceptable and a contract is to 1...

Eugster drops hotel rehab push

Spokane City Councilman Steve Eugster says he has halted efforts to investigate what the city can do to assist in the redevelopment of the Davenport Hotel, after being criticized for his efforts and asked by an attorney for the hotels owner to to...

Wells readies launch of Fairmont renovation

Wells & Co., of Spokane, has begun some preliminary work on the former Fairmont Apartments building in downtown Spokane and expects to get its $7 million renovation project there into full swing within two months, Spokane developer and architect of...

Coeur d’Alene City Hall to be expanded, updated

The city of Coeur dAlene is in the process of hiring an architect to design a $1 million expansion and renovation of its City Hall. The project will add about 20 percent more space to the 20,800-square-foot building, which is located at 710 of...

‘Hearts like awls’ pierce market

COEUR DALENEThe name Coeur dAlene can be difficult for first-timers to pronounce, and its meaning, heart of the awl, is obscure and kind of chilling. Some say it makes for pretty nice jewelry, though. Inspired by the Coeur and a...

Huppin’s soars with mail orders

To put a reverse, business-oriented spin on a familiar sports clich, the best defense sometimes is a good offense.Thats what longtime Spokane retailer Huppins Hi-Fi Photo & Video Inc. has discovered with a mail-order division, dubbed One it...

Office tower plan advances

Plans for a proposed new office tower in downtown Spokane appear to be gaining momentum.A couple of Spokane investors who envision developing such a high-rise structure at the southeast corner of Howard Street and Riverside Avenue expect to an 1...

BFGoodrich to hit projections

BFGoodrich Aerospace, a division of the big Charlotte, N.C.-based BFGoodrich Co. that began making carbon brake disks for aircraft brakes at a new West Plains plant last summer, has made a smooth landing here and is on schedule to meet its growth a...

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