Spokane Journal of Business

Special Report

Pediatricians in Valley join Providence

Valley Young People's Clinic, a group of pediatricians located in Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake, will join Providence Medical Group effective Jan. 1, Providence says. The group includes six pediatricians and three nurse practitioners who will continue ...

 Empire Health Foundation to triple its giving

Empire Health Foundation to triple its giving

The Empire Health Foundation is projecting that its investment in health care initiatives next year will grow even faster than the size of its endowment. Antony Chiang, president of the nonprofit health foundation, says the organization this year has con...

 Newman Lake couple builds first-aid supply business

Newman Lake couple builds first-aid supply business

A couple who needed jobs in the latter 1990s have built up a home-based, first-aid supply business here into a growing enterprise that now serves more than 3,000 employers across three states and employs five other people. Their company, Action Medical, ...

Addiction treatment center focuses on whole family

Spokane Valley addiction center Harmony Grove Counseling is offering recovery services not only to those with addiction issues, but for addicts' families as well, says Joe Terhaar, the owner and administrator of Harmony Grove. "We provide counseling tha...

 NW MedStar boosts its fleet with $9 million purchase

NW MedStar boosts its fleet with $9 million purchase

Northwest MedStar, the Spokane-based air ambulance service operated by nonprofit Inland Northwest Health Services, expects to take delivery early next year of the second of two helicopters it has bought this year. The first twin-engine EC-135 helicopter...

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Big library projects are on the books

With a recent site-plan approval from the Spokane Valley City Council in hand, the Spokane County Library District says it expects to seek approval from county commissioners next month to put a $22 million bond measure before Valley voters next for...

CNI wins $4 million job to modernize Cd'A grade school

The Coeur d'Alene School District has awarded Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, a $4 million contract to modernize and expand Borah Elementary School.The expansion part of the project will include constructing a gym, art room, and a...

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Avista remodels headquarters lobby; addition is next

Avista Corp., of Spokane, is remodeling the lobby and basement of its headquarters building, at 1411 E. Mission, and says it plans to start work in March on a 42,000-square-foot addition. The projects are part of a multiyear, $28 million with a...

Builder here lands two big school projects

Spokane general contractor Leone & Keeble Inc. has begun construction of two schools in College Place, Wash., including the southeastern Washington town's first high school, says project manager Scott Jutte. "We're constructing a high school in...

Re/Max franchise sets up agency office in Riverstone

Re/Max Infinity Group, the Coeur d'Alene franchise of Denver-based Re/Max International Inc., has opened a real estate office in the Riverstone mixed-use development.The agency occupies 3,500 square feet of floor space at 2086 N. Main St., from...

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