Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Old Kaiser Mead smelter property sells for $1.5 million

  March 13, 2012 in Business, City A California company that acquires old industrial locations has paid $1.5 million for the former Kaiser Mead smelter operation. 3

• Kaiser unveils $16 million cleanup plan

  January 25, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 Kaiser Trentwood’s plant along the Spokane River has a long, illustrative history. Built to produce aluminum for military planes during World War II, the factory later became a steady source … 7

• County OKs rural cluster changes, kid-free development

  January 20, 2010 in City on Page A8 Spokane County commissioners on Tuesday completed a two-year overhaul of controversial “rural cluster development” standards. The action rounds out a package of reforms designed to make the relatively dense subdivisions …

• Mead-area housing plan rules out kids

  January 17, 2010 in City on Page B1 School-age children would be banned from living in a 415-acre development under a proposal Spokane County commissioners will consider Tuesday. A covenant running with the Mead-area land would limit residential … 5

• Kaiser lays off 36 employees

  October 11, 2008 in Business on Page A8 The economic slowdown cost 36 Kaiser Aluminum Corp. workers their jobs this week, but a local union president said those sent home could be rehired when business recovers. Dan Wilson, …

• Tentative Agreement In Strike Negotiators For Kaiser, Unions Reword Contract; Vote Tuesday

  February 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A strike by the 3,000 United Steelworkers of America - 2,000 in Spokane - ended its fifth day with a tentative agreement announced by Kaiser and Steelworkers representatives after midnight …

• Union Leaders Gather To Draft New Proposal Pickets, Meanwhile, Told They Will Be Cited For Blocking Traffic At Local Kaiser Plants

  February 24, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Local leaders of the United Steelworkers of America huddled Thursday to draft a proposal for resolving their four-day-old strike against Kaiser Aluminum Corp. Ron Burke, grievance committee chairman for the …