Spokane Journal of Business

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Airport projects to proceed

Spokane International Airport will proceed with $9.5 million worth of capital improvement projects next year, despite having suffered revenue declines since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It has put a temporary hold, however, on another $5.2 in of...

Chambers want to know just how full aquifer is

The Spokane Regional and Coeur dAlene Area chambers of commerce are considering launching a major new study of the regions underground aquifer that would carry a price tag of up to $1.5 million. Representatives of the two chambers have come...

Meckel Engineering to construct building

Meckel Engineering & Surveying Inc., of Coeur dAlene, has bought property in the Coeur dAlene Commerce Park for a new building and plans to begin construction of that structure as soon as it sells its longtime headquarters near downtown.The...

LineSoft to roll out new lines

LineSoft Corp., of Spokane, has grown rapidly in recent years by developing software for large energy companies nationwide. Now, its working to create a more standardized version of its products to sell to smaller utilities and Brown, LineSofts...

Sterling opens banking center in Portland

Sterling Savings Bank, of Spokane, has opened a corporate banking center in downtown Portland to seek business from small to mid-sized companies there.Sterling says the center offers a wide array of corporate banking services, as well as an...

Colville location picked for new WDS call center

The states largest dental benefits provider, Seattle-based Washington Dental Service, has chosen Colville as the site for a new call center thats initially expected to create nearly 30 new customer-service and claims-processing jobs in that the...

Pie maker buys land for possible new plant

U.S. Pies Realty LLC, an affiliate of Spokane-based Cyrus OLearys Wholesale Pies, has bought six acres of land in Airway Heights and is studying the feasibility of constructing a 35,000-square-foot pie-production facility there.Barclay of of...

HIP group is developing uninsured workers’ plan

The Health Improvement Partnership, a Spokane nonprofit organization, is working through a community initiative called Expanded Choice to develop health-benefit options to offer to uninsured workers in an 11-county Eastern Washington area.Sharon...

Schweitzer bankruptcy case officially to close

A hearing in Boise next week is expected to close the books on the 1997 Chapter 11 reorganization of Schweitzer Mountain Resort, in which creditors were repaid an average of 75 cents on the dollar, court documents show.Thats a very good for...

Graham buying Shea’s assets

Graham Group Ltd., a large Calgary, Alberta-based construction company, is buying the assets of the former Shea Construction Inc., a longtime Spokane general contractor that went out of business last month, and the Canadian concern has started a 45...

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