Have you seen how Associated Painters, the company based at the Spokane Airport, paints those cool designs on different airplanes? This video, on Alaska Airline's YouTube page, gives a great time-lapse of the process. This clip shows the company's workers creating the pattern for the…
URM Stores today listed the 67 Inland Northwest grocery stores where card transactions could have been captured during last fall's network security breach. The stores are in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. Oregon has the fewest stores: the four there are in Heppner, Enterprise, Joseph…
A Seattle reproductive medicine clinic has added a Spokane Valley office with a medical staff of eight people. SRM Spokane, which opened in October, is the fifth location statewide operated by Seattle Reproductive Medicine. The first location in Seattle opened in 2004. The Valley clinic…
Today's story (below) on Skyhawks Sports Academy is a smart move by the private firm. See our earlier story, from 2012, where we review the history. Skyhawks Sports Academy has acquired SoccerTots, a Spokane company providing physical development programs for toddlers and young children. Skyhawks,…
Silverwood Theme Park north of Coeur d’Alene is expanding again with more rides for younger children and families. The park will spend more than $1.2 million to nearly double its family entertainment area with three new rides – a kite glider, a giant puppy ride…
Still doing more thinking about Bitcoin, ever since the SR ran a story on Jan. 11 about the Volstead Act, a Spokane bar, starting to accept that crypto-currency as payment. Today's story, for additional research, presents a tongue-in-cheek overview of other competing digital currencies. It…
We spotted a listing at the Puget Sound Business Journal of the state's five largest credit unions. Two are based in Spokane. The list, based on total assets: Name Assets Members BECU $11.5 billion 826,000 Wash. State Employees CU $1.85 billion 208,200 STCU $1.77 billion…
Yes. it is a strange and energized time in the retail world if you have Seahawks merchandise you want to move. See today's A1 story about the range and degree of the efforts by area businesses to sell 'Hawk stuff. We never added this oddment:…
Congratulations are in order for the folks who've built IT-Lifeline into a top-drawer tech services company, making it an attractive target for an acquisition. Especially worth a call-out is Steve Tabacek, who started the Liberty Lake private company in 2002, taking it beyond simple backup…
This photo tells a cautionary story. If you see one of these on your desk, be very concerned about your career choices. If your boss leaves one of these on your desk, maybe it's time to move your resume around. I would also hide the…
Spokane-based homegrown Auntie's Bookstore announced it's closing its River Park Square shop, after three years of not being able to grab enough shoppers in the downtown mall. The final day is Jan. 31. The company's large downtown central store, at 402 W. Main, is not…
View Larger Map This is the kind of restaurant that may do very well in Spokane. Jeff Nordvall and Laura Paisley plan to open a new restaurant, Wisconsinburger, at 916 S. Hatch St. on Spokane’s South Hill. They expect to open in March. The pair…
You were not alone if you read the Saturday SR story about Bitcoin and wasn't sure how it all works and what's the big deal. For you, here we go. A free workshop on Thursday at the Spokane Valley Library, at 12004 E. Main Ave.…
View Larger Map Correction: Earlier, this entry said the Tucson franchise will be Red Lion's 30th. When it converts, it will be the 31st. Red Lion Hotels Corp. has signed a franchise agreement to add a new hotel in Tucson. The conversion is for the…
Since the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show is still going on, we're keeping track of a couple key tech areas there. One is 3-D printing. Our recent story on Spokesman.com featured efforts by one company here, Proto Technologies, to provide 3-D prototyping; and another firm, Zak…
Retailer Chatters Salon & Beauty Supply has closed its shop in downtown Spokane's River Park Square. No new tenant for the main floor shop has been announced. The company is based in Canada and reportedly had just the Spokane store as its first U.S. location.…
Are there better job prospects in this area for 2014? A lot of folks tracking employment say that's the case. We ran this list of suggestions for job-seekers in Sunday's Spokesman Review. See if you have any hints you'd add to the list: Several area…
OK, one of those little-seen, little-known wireless phone bill taxes has been modified to include sales of prepaid phones and prepaid phone cards. Starting this month, the state of Washington has approved adding the tax to prepaid phones and prepaid products, including phone cards. Here's…
Saturday's business section story featured plans by owners of South Regal Lumber to relocate their yard to a new location, about four blocks away on East 57th. They essentially traded their current site for a commercial parcel owned by Cyrus Vaughn, who is still owner…
We have a winner in the SR OfficeHours top business stories of 2013 contest. The winner, mjbehri, gets a $10 coffee card as reward. He (she) guessed correctly that the expansion of medical education programs at the Riverpoint higher education campus was the most significant…
The state, Washington State University and area supporters put together an impressive 2013 agenda for expansion of education facilities at the Riverpoint Higher Education campus. That growth, centerpieced by the construction of the new pharmacy and biosciences building on the campus, is the region's top…
Today's post: The No. 2 business story of the year for the Spokane North Idaho area. Last week we posted No. 3, the widespread credit card breach connected to area grocery stores. No. 2 is the acquisition of Spokane's largest home-based bank, Sterling Financial by…
We earlier posted the OfficeHours No. 3 business story of 2013: the huge credit card fraud that's ensnarled many customers of stores served by the URM Stores computer network. Your deadline to win a $10 coffee card is 10 p.m. tonight. Just post a comment…
Tonight at 10 p.m. is the deadline to submit entries for the Top Business Story of 2013 for the Spokane North Idaho area. Just place a comment here or on the two earlier posts that listed Stories No. 5 and No. 4: They were the…
The No. 4 business story of the year in this area: downtown Spokane property purchases and renovations planned by local developers. Earlier this week we published our choice for No. 5, the improvements and cleanup taking place at the former Kaiser Mead smelter. We'll count…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
