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Counting on ‘counter impulse’

If youve walked into a convenience store in the Pacific Northwest to pay for gas or to buy snacks, its quite possible that you also have looked at, been tempted by, and maybe even snatched up products sold by Doug Huffmans Spokane-based items...

Prof devises new growth indices here

A Washington State University professor here has developed what he believes are accurate new methods for measuring the Spokane areas economic growth.Don Epley, an urban economist and a professor of real estate and finance at WSUs Spokane he...

Sporting retailers put up dukes

With the opening of the large Sportsmans Warehouse store near the Spokane Valley Mall late last summer, another big-league player has taken the field in what appears to be an increasingly competitive market for sporting goods here.For the most...

$9 million cleanup to start at Superfund site

Cleanup of petroleum-contaminated soil and groundwater at the North Market Street Superfund site is expected to start next year, says Bill Fees, an environmental engineer with the Washington state Department of Ecologys toxics cleanup years of of...

Kia dealership here sold to Wenatchee company

The owner of the Wenatchee, Wash., Kia auto dealership has bought the Kia dealership here from Hallmark Hyundai Kia, of Spokane, says Michael Mackey, general sales manager of Wenatchee Kia.Terms of the transaction werent disclosed.Wenatchee...

You ready for some arena ball?

Football players aspiring to be the next Kurt Warner could be playing in Spokane if the owners of the Los Angeles Avengers, an Arena Football League franchise, decide to start a team here.Kevin Demoff, Avengers vice president of business says...

United Security parent to merge four banks

United Security Bancorp., of Spokane, is seeking approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to merge United Security Bank, of Spokane, with three of its other subsidiary banks to form one Washington state-chartered commercial bank that would...

Investors mull buying Budget Inn

Members of a Canadian investment group that owns a Howard Johnson Inn here are considering buying the Budget Inn, at 110 E. Fourth, from Spokane-based WestCoast Hospitality Corp. and marketing the hotel to families of medical patients who are being...

North Side Target store is slated for renovation

Target Stores Inc., the big Minneapolis-based discount retail chain, plans to begin renovating its store in the Northpointe Shopping Center on Spokanes North Side in mid-January.The remodeling work will involve reconfiguring the interior space...

Tech Group buys building downtown

Tech Group Inc., a Spokane-based company that provides temporary staffing for hospitals nationwide, has bought the former Integrus Architecture PS building in downtown Spokane.Royce Drye, president and CEO of Tech Group, says the company plans &...

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