Companies in Cheney, Spokane and Spokane Valley were nominated today for an award that recognizes private and public organizations for exceptional support for Washington Guard and Reserve members. The local nominees announced are Haakon Industries of Cheney, Dorosh Dental and Spokane Emergency Physicians of Spokane,…
Gonzaga University ranked No. 121 on the latest US News & World Report ranking of U.S. law schools, released March 15. Two years ago GU ranked No. 100 on the annual ratings, based on a variety of criteria, including peer assessment and bar pass rate.…
Silverwood Theme Park will hold job fairs over the next two Saturdays to find 1,200 seasonal employees to staff the park from May to October. Job fairs will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and March 26 in Silverwood's Theatre of Illusion,…
Spokane's ReliOn has one of its new fuel-cell backup systems nominated in the annual CTIA e-Tech Awards, given to companies introducing emerging new products in technology. The company's microwave-oven-sized E-2500 fuel cell system has been named a finalist in the Green Telecom & Smart Energy…
Comcast is now allowing free calls to Japan for people using its Xfinity voice service. Those customers are both residences and businesses using its Business Class service. The plan is to provide free calls from now through April 10, allowing people to reach friends and…
Washington's unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in February as employers added a net 800 jobs. The January unemployment rate was 9.2 percent. The struggling construction industry added 3,900 jobs during February, best for any sector. The government work force grew by 1,700, mostly in…
Washington state regulators on Monday approved the pending merger of telecom firms CenturyLink, Inc. and Qwest Communications. Some conditions were attached to the deal, which has been more than a year in the making. The Washington state Utilities and Transportation Commission set five multiparty settlement…
The first of four seminars that will teach employers interviewing skills will be held Tuesday in the Redwood Room of the WorkSource offices at 130 S. Arthur. The free, three-hour classes will begin at 9 a.m. The instructor will be Jack Kaplan, WorkSource employer resource…
Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake provider of products and services for the utility industry, announced Monday it's reorganizing into two divisions, to move the company to faster, more efficient growth. Itron will now have two divisions, one for energy, the second for water. Philip Mezey…
DirecTV customers in the Spokane TV market will continue seeing KAYU, the Spokane Fox affiliate. A long dispute over retransmission fees between DirecTV and Northwest Broadcasting, the parent owner of KAYU, is still not resolved. But the sides agreed late Friday to extend the ceasefire…
Viewers wanting to catch up on the developments in Japan can watch live feeds from Japan TV, being offered free for the next several days over Comcast's TV service. Normally Japan TV is a paid channel. Due to the devastating earthquakes in Japan, the channel…
Spokane's new downtown Ciao Mambo restaurant opens its doors to the public on Monday. Dinner hours start at 4 p.m. until close. It's open seven days a week. This is Spokane's first Ciao Mambo. Ciao Mambo is a network of restaurants managed by Whitefish, Mont.-based…
View Larger Map South Hill Spokane development update: Ace Hardware will open a new South Hill location this summer, taking the former spot of Jones Pharmacy, at 906 S. Monroe. It’s near the Huckleberry’s Natural Market. This will be the first Ace store opened in…
Foreclosure activity in Spokane County fell 20 percent in February compared with January, but the pace remained more than triple that of a year earlier.. Banks repossessed 73 homes in the county, and another 126 were subject to a notice of trustee sale, according to…
Those of you subscribers to DirecTV might want to get ready for "KAYU Blackout, the Sequel." It could happen. Back in late January, the parent company of Spokane Fox affiliate KAYU agreed to return the station to the DirecTV lineup. That was done to give…
Sandpoint's Quest Aircraft Company said on Wednesday it's raised an undisclosed amount of new financing and investments to keep the aircraft manufacturer moving forward with production of its main plane, the Quest Kodiak. The investment is from private investors. Their identity and the amount of…
It's still a fact that shredding financial and medical papers makes sense. Spokane’s U.S. Postal Inspection Service and United Data Security company will co-sponsor a free paper shredding day Friday morning at the Metro Post Office parking lot, 5511 E. Alki, Spokane Valley. The free…
So this Harvard professor, who looks at "skilled cities," has this to say in the New York Times: A great paradox of our age is that despite the declining cost of connecting across space, more people are clustering together in cities. The explanation of that…
Unemployment in Spokane County jumped to 10.5 percent in January from 9.1 percent in December, the Washington Employment Security Department said today. The rate in January 2010 was 11.5 percent, said department labor economist Doug Tweedy, who noted unemployment typically peaks in January and February…
This is fast news. Sandwich-maker Subway has surpassed McDonald's for the most franchises. The green-and-yellow store now has 34,000 stores worldwide, compared to about 32,000 golden arches stores. Subway's, you may not know, spent its younger years growing up in Canada. It started, in 1986,…
Your boss may be showing signs of concern with the hours you're spending watching YouTube at the office. Here's the solution: Tell the boss you're viewing YouTube for handy videos on topics such as deposit insurance and Net Fraud. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)…
There are farmers and there are coral farmers. In the hills of apple orchards and pumpkin patches of Greenbluff is an oddity, a greenhouse full of tropical ocean creatures destined for aquariums around the nation. Henk Borst, an immigrant from the Netherlands, runs the facility,…
The Idaho Department of Finance has sued a Coeur d'Alene man for promoting a commodities trading scheme that cost investors $1.3 million. Keith Eugene Mitchell, according to a complaint filed in Kootenai County District Court, did not tell investors the department had ordered him to…
Outdoor clothing and gear outfitter North Face will open a store at Spokane's downtown River Park Square this fall. North Face will move into 714 W. Main, now occupied by Restoration Hardware. Construction will begin in May with an opening projected for late summer or…
Hundreds of Spokane-area clients of Freedom Debt Relief will benefit from a legal settlement announced today by Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna. The agreement also resolves a class-action lawsuit filed in Spokane by Attorney Darrel Scott, whose office will oversee the return of $742,613 to…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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