Spokane Journal of Business

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Project Search prepares students for workforce

Students who access special education services often are rewarded for effort, but at Project Search, they are rewarded for accuracy and production, says Aaron Kagan, a teacher with Spokane Public Schools. At Project Search, students work as interns in ...

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Idaho invests in schools to meet workforce needs

The state of Idaho is attempting to address workforce shortages by investing in middle and high school career technical education programs. As of Nov. 13, $35.8 million of the available $45 million in funding through the Idaho Career Ready Students ...

Highland Halls apartments sell for $1.57M

JSP Properties LLC, a Sammamish, Washington-based real estate investment company, has purchased for $1.57 million the Highland Halls Apartments, a 14-unit complex located at 1324 W. Fifth, on Spokane’s lower South Hill. The 13,600-square-foot complex...

First Inland Northwest Innovation Summit set for next week

LaunchPad Inland Northwest LLC will host its first annual Inland Northwest Innovation Summit to celebrate and recognize the region’s growing innovation culture and its achievements, says co-founder Bill Kalivas. The free event will take place on ...

GSI joins groups opposing EPA ruling

Employer groups in Washington state filed a lawsuit on Dec. 4 challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s new water quality standards for the state, according to an Association of Washington Business press release. “Regrettably, the EPA ...

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North Pole Adventure now unique to Spokane

As Spokane tech exec Steve Paul, who goes by the name Elf Bernie this time of year, prepares for his 24th year overseeing the Fantasy Flight trip with local poor children on an Alaska Airlines jetliner to the North Pole, he is looking back but also ...

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Strategic plans help health centers reach potential

When you think of a lawyer, you likely think of traditional legal counsel—someone to call when something goes wrong. While I routinely help with traditional legal matters, my passion is working collaboratively with health care organizations to help them...

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New eating disorder treatment finds home in Spokane

Therapist Krista Crotty is establishing a new temperament-based treatment program for eating disorders in Spokane. The program, to be called Brain Based Therapy Northwest, will focus on a five-day treatment with support program and will start in ...

The Journal’s View: Federal tax code should be tweaked to foster innovation

Pacific Northwest federal legislators and their peers should consider carefully a call to safeguard economic development tools with a trio of tax-code revisions that could aid expansion and create more jobs. Greater Spokane Incorporated has joined ...

Guest Commentary: Holiday lights illuminate US’s energy conundrum

It’s that time of year when people put up their outside holiday lights and displays. Judging from our neighborhood, they are decorating more than usual. In the U.S., 90 percent of individuals say they plan to celebrate the holidays this year. The set...

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