Spokane Journal of Business

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Gizmo makerspace tries to make ends meet

Gizmo-CdA Inc., the nonprofit makerspace located in Coeur d’Alene, is facing its biggest challenges to date. ...

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Key Tronic Corp. reports record annual income

Spokane Valley-based electronic manufacturing services company Key Tronic Corp. has reported ...

Hecla to shut down Lucky Friday for rest of year

Hecla Mining Co. expects to suspend production at its Lucky Friday Mine for the rest of the year as ...

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Tech Hub Hopes: Two Spokane groups compete on national scale for federal funds

Two Spokane-area consortia are competing against more than 370 other groups nationwide to land ...

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GarageSkins expands to meet demand

GarageSkins Inc., a Post Falls company that produces panels to make steel garage doors look like the...

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Itron’s fortunes rise with electrification trend

Itron Inc.’s revenue is growing with the demand for electricity—and more specifically, the demand for infrastructure capable of withstanding a push toward electrification in a current, climate-conscious environment. “The demand on electricity is ...

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Meet & Greet with Spicelogy’s Darby McLean

Darby McLean, president of Spokane-based Spiceology Inc., has been appointed the spice company’s CEO as of July, cementing her position as the fast-growing company’s highest-ranking officer. She had assumed the role of president in August 2022 ...

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Tractor Beverage tracks sustainability as it grows

Hayden-based organic soft drink maker Tractor Beverage Inc. says it’s on track this year to avoid the use of 34.5 tons of synthetic pesticides in its food system, compared with conventional production practices. Kevin Sherman, CEO of Tractor Beverage...

Precast concrete company sells Valley operations

CXT Inc. has sold its Spokane Valley-based rail tie operations to voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC, a subsidiary of Austria-based voestalpine Group, according to press releases from the two parent companies. CXT, a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based...

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Aerospace tech hub proposed at old Triumph plant

A Gonzaga University-led consortium of about 50 organizations has applied to bring a federally funded aerospace manufacturing tech hub to the Inland Northwest....

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