Let's just see if we can give you the facts, just the facts, about the 2011 Avista Utilities compact fluorescent lightbulb program. We'll go retro and adopt the Five Ws approach: Who: Every one of the 350,000 residential households who are Avista power customers in…
Boise-based venture capital firm Highway 12 Ventures announced it's not going to continue raising money. Highway 12 was one of the few intermountain Western VC operations that could claim to be doing major investments. A recent blog post said its partners will continue to manage…
Former Spokane Mayor John Powers has landed a new West Side job. Powers, who left Spokane and became CEO of Seattle’s Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County, will become executive director of the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance. He replaces Bill Stewart, who has…
Foreclosures in Spokane County are a growth industry. A recent CoreLogic study found Spokane foreclosures increased in May compared to the same period last year. CoreLogic's data show the rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans is 1.67 percent for the month of May 2011,…
Career Path Services won 2nd place in a recent Seattle Business's "100 Best Companies to Work For" awards ceremony. Spokane's Career Path Services offers free job placement help for job seekers and for employers. The nonprofit is funded by federal, state and other grants. The…
Career Path Services won 2nd place in a recent Seattle Business's "100 Best Companies to Work For" awards ceremony. Spokane's Career Path Services offers free job placement help for job seekers and for employers. The nonprofit is funded by federal, state and other grants. The…
A recent survey of Washington workers who failed to find work before running out of unemployment benefits revealed that three out of four of them remain jobless. The survey also shows that 80 percent of those back at work earn less than in their former…
Northwest MedStar, the air-transport medical service, is setting up a permanent base in Moses Lake. For the past two summers the service has operated a helicopter day base about nine miles north of Moses Lake through an agreement with Grant County Fire District 5. The…
Tests at a North Idaho sprouts plant failed to turn up traces of salmonella after the government in June linked an outbreak of food-borne salmonella poisoning to two types of sprouts from the business. Nadine Scharf, owner of Evergreen Fresh Produce in Moyie Springs, says…
Sterling Financial Corporation, the bank holding company of Sterling Savings Bank, earned $7.6 million in the second quarter, or 12 cents per share, the Spokane-based company said today. The net income is compares to $5.4 million, or 9 cents per share, for the first quarter,…
Today's earlier post on Spokane business owner Nate Brantingham mostly floated out of our memory and the Spokesman-Review's news library. Later today we contacted Nate and asked for a summary of what he's done after leaving startup game company GamerZunion, and before starting a new…
A story earlier this week by Spokesman Review staff reporter Meghann Cuniff called attention to a new company, Safe Trade USA, started by Spokane's Nate Brantingham. His business provides a safer place and a secure location for people to sell items via online sites like…
Wine Spectator magazine digs the Spokane Club restaurant Burgundy’s, giving it an award of excellence. Featured in Wine Spectator's 30th annual List issue, Burgundy's was feted for its fresh, regional cuisine and robust selection of Washington, Oregon and California wines. “We’re thrilled with the recognition…
Two Sundays ago the SR ran a business story on local business owner Steve McGrew, along with a 2:45 second video showing him at work in his West Plains blacksmith shop. We've recoded the video into a smaller file size and in a smoother format.…
A news item this morning reports the possibility that a number of area (Eastern Washington, North Idaho) post offices could be closed. Which leads to the question: what's the best next use for any of those buildings that do might close? Three Spokane area offices…
Southwest Airlines has announced it is trimming four flights each day between Seattle and Spokane starting Jan. 8, reducing passenger choices in getting to the West Coast air corridor. The announcement on Monday was part of a package of schedule changes that will result in…
We spotted one Washington website that wondered if Dry Fly Distilling really is producing the first-ever bourbon made in the state. The site included a link to the image here. It's from an ad for Seattle company Northwest Distilleries dating from roughly 1933. Did that…
Liberty Lake-based Ptera Wireless is expanding its wireless broadband service to Coeur d’Alene, Rathdrum and Post Falls. Ptera also announced it's boosted speeds on all packages without increasing the cost of service. It will now offer 4 megabits per second for $49.95 per month. The…
Spokane's Dry Fly Distilling is ready to deliver its first-ever release of bourbon. It's also the first true straight bourbon distilled in Washington, according to Dry Fly's managers. The official first day for selling the bourbon is Saturday, July 30, inside the Dry Fly shop…
BOISE — Two principals at failed western resorts are trying to recoup money they lost when their developments imploded by joining a lawsuit against Credit Suisse Group, the Associated Press reported. Alfredo Miguel of Tamarack Resort in Idaho and Tim Blixseth of Montana’s Yellowstone Club…
WALLA WALLA – Cold weather makes some things hard to start and the 2011 wheat harvest is no exception. Cool temperatures, along with wet spring weather, has pushed back harvest locally and regionally, but the extra rain may boost yields in some areas, according to…
Borders Group has begun liquidation sales at all of its 399 stores as the 40-year-old chain winds down operations. A liquidation company that is part of the process said the sales started today at all 259 Borders superstores, 114 Borders Express and Waldenbooks, and 26…
BOISE — The Idaho Department of Labor says the statewide unemployment held steady at 9.4 percent in June. The agency released the latest jobless numbers today, saying the Idaho labor pool shrunk for the first time in 10 months as fewer jobs were created and…
A new Spokane Kenpo Karate center has opened its doors at 164 S. Washington, suite 200. Its focus is training in American Kenpo Karate, a style combining elements of Karate, Ju-Jitsu, Judo and Kung Fu for modern day self-defense scenarios. Bryan Whitaker and Tom Black,…
People familiar with Spokane's Steve McGrew know a few things about him. He's an inventor, a tech company owner and board member (serving as co-founder of biotech firm GenPrime). He's also a diehard blacksmith, using his shop for classes and to make commercial metalwork for…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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