Recruiting from the West Side
Trucking industry experts say a scarcity of commercial truck drivers has begun to create sweeping...
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Before the 2019 holiday rush, Amazon.com Inc. hopes to have nearly all 1,500 positions filled at the...
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Liberty Lake-based Britz Designs LLC designs products geared toward making lakeside living easier fo...
Full StoryA new whole-log chip mill is expected to be in operation near St. Maries, Idaho, late this year. The...
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With construction material costs rising nationally, Inland Northwest construction companies are feeling the impacts. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for construction materials increased 2.2 percent from April to May, marking the...
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Where most people see small tools and old car parts, Lloyd Morris sees a lamp, a shelf bracket, or a bench. Morris has built his new business, Tomahawk Steelworx, around repurposing old metal into furniture and other items. “I just like building uniqu...
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A decade after the Great Recession, MacKay Manufacturing Inc. owner and Vice President Katie MacKay says business is good. From 2014 to 2016, the computer numerical control precision machining manufacturer had stagnant sales of around $22 million ann...
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Ryan Kuster, parts and manufacturing department manager for Cheney-based Ag Enterprise Supply Inc., says he’s noticed fewer companies offer custom fabrication these days. “It does require more care, effort, and time,” says Kuster. In contrast, Ag ...
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Longtime Spokane-area mattress maker and retailer Northwest Bedding Co. will shut down operations this summer, says controller Lee Kvalheim, citing a lack of a succession plan and an absence of interested buyers in the decision to close the company....
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