Spokane's KXLY TV on Monday announced it's moving former KREM anchor Nadine Woodward back to evening newscasts. Starting Sept. 12 Woodward and Mike Gonzalez, the current co-anchor at Channel 4's Good Morning Northwest TV report, will take over the evening newscast duties. They'll co-anchor the…
It's worth noting that data recently gathered by the National Indian Gaming Commission says Indian gaming revenue figures for 2010 remained unchanged from the year before. The federal commision noted Indian gaming generated gross revenues of $26.5 billion during 2010. That's the same as the…
Liberty Lake's TierPoint has landed a major contract to provide all information technology services for the Central Valley School District. The job means CV moves its entire network, including email and parent information data, out of its buildings and into virtualized servers inside TierPoint's data…
Massachusetts biotech firm PerkinElmer announced recently it's laying off 72 workers as part of a restructuring plan. The announcement, happily, has no impact on Signature Genomics, the Spokane microarray-based diagnostic company that PerkinElmer acquired in 2010. Signature's President Lisa Shaffer confirmed by email on Thursday…
We have a winner. Tmeatzie correctly noted that early on Windows 95 bore the codename "Spokane." Our sources, who worked at the Redmond company, say the name lasted a short while, replaced by the official codename "Chicago." We gathered up this other odd little tidbit…
Here's another clue or tip to help someone identify the specific Microsoft software product that was, for a short while, codenamed "Spokane." It was a prominent MS product and had significant success. It's not supported anymore and has not been sold for years.
We spotted a recent story from Western Washington, noting that Microsoft apologized to the Tulalip Tribe for using the name "Tulalip" as an internal designation for a new product. The two sides apparently discussed the minor flap and settled it sensibly. The tribe understood the…
View Larger Map Center Partners Inc.’s new Liberty Lake call center will host an open house Saturday, starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 11:45 a.m., when a ribbon-cutting is planned. The company is moving into a 52,000-square foot office last used as the headquarters…
Sandpoint clothing retailer Coldwater Creek is closing a West Virginia call center and concentrating that operation at its Coeur d’Alene location. The change means the retailer won’t have an East Coast call center, except in situations where added support may be needed, said Coldwater Creek…
The Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies has issued an infographic that tries to suggest we're not doing a great job, us baby boomers, anyway, in preparing for retirement. The center says that 21 million American workers believe they can rely on Social Security to be…
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna on Friday filed a consumer protection lawsuit against a Bank of America subsidiary, ReconTrust, based in Simi Valley, Calif., for numerous alleged illegal foreclosures against Washington homeowners. The company is a foreclosure agent for the bank. A press release…
Sean “Smitty” Smith straddles two worlds: artist and contractor. And his imaginative creations can be found throughout Spokane: At Zola, The Flying Goat, Main Market Co-op. Learn more about what inspires his work in our “Front & Center” profile, by writer Michael Guilfoil, this weekend…
We keep track of Comcast, the major cable provider in Eastern Washington. We also follow DirecTV, a satellite program provider that's been engaged in a longstanding contract dispute with the company operating KAYU-TV, the Spokane Fox Network affiliate. In fact, the dispute between KAYU's owners…
The U.S. Labor Department has fined three Washington state strawberry farms a total of $73,000 for employing children as young as 6 years old as pickers, The Associated Press reported today. The department’s Portland, Ore., office says Thursday the violations include failing to maintain proof-of-age…
The China South Restaurant on Spokane's South Hill has closed. Owners are the Cho and Chan Family Trust, who've operated the restaurant in the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center for 20 years. They plan to build a new retail center after tearing down the building. It…
We were snoozing or on vacation when, earlier this summer, Comcast announced TV and other service rate hikes for Washington customers. The formal announcement said: “We are making investments in next-generation technology to add value to our products and improve service. We’ve also launched new…
Spokane-based Northwest Bancorporation, Inc., the bank holding company for Inland Northwest Bank, today reported a net loss of $249,000 for the second quarter of the year, compared to a profit of $269,000 for the same quarter in 2010. After accrual of dividends on preferred stock…
Spokane-based SL Start and Associates has been selected to help needy New Mexicans get jobs through that state’s welfare-to-work program. The New Mexico Human Services Department has awarded an $8.7 million, one-year contract to the company, founded in 1979 to find better ways to support…
We wonder how this promotion, for the business Men's Wearhouse, would go over in the Lilac City? Certainly it would raise a few eyebrows in downtown Spokane. It indeed caught some attention Tuesday when the promotion landed in downtown Seattle. This image is from Seattletimes.com.…
Itron has a strong presence in many overseas markets, particularly in Europe and in parts of Asia. The Liberty Lake utilities technology provider on Tuesday announced it's made a major water meter sale in India. Larsen & Toubro, one of the biggest construction firms in…
Last Saturday was the launch date for Dry Fly Distilling's notable first-ever Washington state bourbon. The doors opened early. And within two hours, all 300 bottles -- at $65 -- were sold. The privately owned craft distillery doesn't plan to release a new batch until…
Canadian investment firm Onex Corp. is buying a majority stake in Oregon-based Jeld-Wen, which owns Silver Mountain Resort in North Idaho. Orex, based in Toronto, is spending $675 million for its majority shares of Jeld-Wen, based in Klamath Falls, The Oregonian reported. Of the total…
Grocery Outlet will open its third area location this fall in the former Safeway store at Third and Maple, near downtown Spokane. The full story ran earlier today at Spokesman.com. To those who want to apply for the 30 to 40 jobs to be filled…
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