Greater Spokane Incorporated is hosting an event it calls Connect with the Elect. It's a morning questio-answer session with new folks on the Spokane City Council, including Mike Allen, Steve Salvatori and Council President Ben Stuckart. It's Feb. 29 from 8 to 9:15 a.m. at…
For some reason we still have more to say about the plight of Mary Livingston, owner of the 1305 Club, once known as the Bulldog (Tavern). The curious little sidelight to Livingston's effort to find a lasting name for the tavern is the distraction caused…
Two leftovers from today's SR story about the naming dilemma faced by Mary Livingston, the business woman who took over what used to be the premise of the Bulldog, near Gonzaga University. First, let's catch up on David Trefry, who ran the Bulldog from 1996…
Spokane's Beacon Cleaners & Laundry and the Spokane County Commute Trip Reduction program were recognized for clean-air efforts this week by the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency. The awards are part of the agency's Clean Air Award program, which recognizes efforts by businesses to reduce…
Spokane resident Brett Noyes, in the course of trying to start a business, came upon the Startup Weekend idea. Based in Seattle, the Startupweekend.org organization encourages communities to host these three-day weekends to encourage and foster people trying to start a new business. Noyes liked…
The people who track such things estimate next week's U.S. Olympics women's boxing team trials, to be held at the Northern Quest in Airway Heights, will add about $750,000 to the local economy. Nearly all of that will be from money spent on food, lodging…
We found one wheat-related business in Spokane eager to take part in a proposed ag-themed development in Ritzville, located about 60 miles west of Spokane. That business is Dry Fly Distilling, one of the state's best-regarded craft distillers. The Dry Fly people have been using…
The major regional business story on Friday is the fatal plane crash that took the life of Micron CEO Steve Appleton. The photo here is an archive photo from 2005 showing Appleton in the hangar with a plane described as a stunt jet. The news…
Legislation that would exempt new Washington-based businesses from the state's B&O tax in their first year of operations has cleared a key Senate committee. Senate Bill 6327, sponsored by state Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, advanced with a "do pass" recommendation from the Senate Economic…
Spokane ad agency Magner Sanborn is ready for its second shot at Super Bowl advertising fame. This year’s game will include a 60-second spot built around the the secret life of shopping carts. Two years ago the firm developed three spots for a short-lived new…
Spokane's City Council is likely next week to vote on a resolution about the Jensen-Byrd Building, being sold by WSU to a Texas firm, Campus Advantage. The old building, once a central warehouse along the city's main rail yard, has become a cherished icon for…
KHQ TV station management and Dish Network have signed a new deal that ends the possible blackout of Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast for satellite subscribers. The previous contract ended at midnight last night, with the two sides at odds until Tuesday afternoon. The two sides…
"May" being the operative word -- but it got your attention. The IRS is launching a big push to make sure people know about the earned income tax credit. It's one of the sweetest tax deals around, because it's refundable, meaning the IRS could be…
Costco spent bundles last year getting state voters to change the way liquor is sold in Washington. Now it's trying to make back some of the money by selling Super Bowl tickets. We spotted an item saying tickets to the big game are on sale…
UPDATED FEB. 1, 1:30 p.m.: The two sides have ended the contract impasse and have signed a new retransmission contract. See more recent posts on Office Hours for details. By early Wednesday morning a number of Dish Network TV subscribers may be seeing nothing on…
Last year people at NorthTown Mall noted that Marshalls, a popular women's clothing retailer, will move there this year. Our previous story said Marshalls will go into the spot vacated by the Nordstrom Rack. We've been contacted by a spokesperson from the company, saying it…
The two-day job fair promoted by the Spokane Tribe runs today and Wednesday at Spokane's WorkSource office. The interviews will be conducted on a first-come basis. Here are the hours: 9 a.m.-noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. See the post below this one for…
View Larger Map Preparing to open a new Arby's restaurant near Airway Heights, the Spokane Tribe is hosting a Job Fair Tuesday and Wednesday at the Spokane downtown WorkSource office, 130 S. Arthur. The tribe plans to open the new restaurant in March. It will…
Spokane's Mountain Gear has been named the Sustainable Retailer of the year at the 2012 Winter Outdoor Retailer Show, held in Salt Lake. The award honors outdoor retailers who embody solid entrepreneurship and work on behalf of the community. "This award honors exemplary retailers and…
We hear that the state of Washington has gone from one craft distillery a few years ago (based in Spokane), to more than 20 in production today. See the post below for the connection. We'll take on the challenge of verifying that number and trying…
This may be the year Washington legislators give a thumbs-up to the idea of craft distilleries selling booze at farmers' markets. Until recently, Washington had just one craft distillery, Dry Fly Distilling, of Spokane. That number has grown in recent years. With the growth has…
Liberty Lake-based IT-Lifeline is living in the cloud fast lane, or at least in the Amazon Web Services segment of the cloud fast lane. Amazon recently sent out a detailed and clogged-with-jargon release about its AWS Cloud Gateway. If you dare to decipher the text…
After a bumpy 2010 and 2011, Spokane Valley contract manufacturing firm Servatron Inc. hopes to boost annual sales to the $30 million mark, in part by moving to a newer building this spring. The company will move into about 50,000 square feet of the former…
View Larger Map Ibex Flooring will move from its current spot, at 702 N. Helena, to its new offices at 2925 N. Martin. Owners Ashli and Nathan Myers are buying the 10,000-square-foot building, which roughly doubles the space they have now. The move is expected…
The last two Spokane Old Country Buffet restaurants have closed as part of the parent company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The company last week announced it will probably close up to 81 underperforming locations. The two Spokane locations were at 12205 E. Sprague and at…
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