Spokane Journal of Business

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Coffman Engineers opens new office in Bozeman

Coffman Engineers Inc., the multicity engineering firm with a large Spokane office, has opened an office in Bozeman, Mont. The office is Coffman’s eighth overall, and the 36-year-old company says it’s intended to increase its presence in the Rocky Mo...

Education is key to growth strategy

Think for a moment and imagine the Greater Spokane region’s future with a community full of highly...

Reliant RX buys former Signature Genomics space

Kroetch Investment Holdings LLC, which owns Reliant RX specialty pharmacy, has bought the former Sig...

Bankruptcy filings drop across Inland Northwest

Bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington and North Idaho have declined for the fourth year in a row,...

IntelliPaper to study new-facility sites

IntelliPaper LLC, the Edwall, Wash.-based company that makes paper-based USB flash drives, is receiv...

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Tax incentives in Idaho could lure more Washington companies

With its new tax breaks and Spokane Valley-based aerospace parts manufacturer Advanced Thermoplastic Composites Inc. relocating there next year, Idaho appears to be poised to draw more businesses away from the Spokane area. ATC, which is located at 1031...

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Guide to help employers get workers back on the job

A Washington State University Spokane nursing professor has published a guide to help employers and employees with job-related injuries get back to work, using a $138,000 grant from the state’s Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP) Grant Program....

Workforce funding falls here as employment rate rises

The Spokane Area Workforce Development Council has received $3.2 million—down $150,000 from last year—in state workforce development money for the summer-2014-to-summer-2015 funding period. The reduced funding isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though, ...

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New Target draws retail focus to South Hill

The recently opened and already busy Target retail store at the Regal Plaza shopping center reflects the demand for new retail development on the South Hill, says prominent Spokane real estate developer Dave Black, who also notes that it took more than a ...

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Post-recession job numbers in Spokane still aren’t back to even

As the Spokane area continues to recover after the great recession, one indicator of economic improvement is lagging behind here: job creation. Spokane County lost a total of about 13,500 jobs in 2009 and 2010, but as of last year had recovered only abo...