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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011


How to find the lowest local gas prices

Gas prices in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene show no sign of retreating. The price per gallon of regular jumped three cents in both cities from Monday to Tuesday. From Tuesday to Wednesday the price jumped another three cents, on average, in Spokane. That would be…

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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011

Workers on strike at Ponderay Newprint

Union workers at the Ponderay Newsprint plant walked out of the plant at 6 a.m. today, halting production at the mill near Usk in Pend Oreille County. Greg Jones, representative for the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers, said the 92 members of Local…

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Washington unemployment fell in January

The unemployment rate in Washington fell to 9.1 percent in January as businesses added 11,000 workers. The gain, adjusted for seasonality, was the best since November 2007, the Employment Security Department said today. "It's unusual to have job gains in the middle of winter, so…

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The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.



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