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• Toting up liquor tab

  May 31, 2012 in Business on Page A1 If Washington voters thought that letting private retailers take over liquor sales would make life simpler, they might have been wrong. Come Friday, prices for thousands of different libations will … 2

• Robber holds up grocery store at knife point

  November 1, 2011 in City A masked man robbed several cashiers at knife point at the Safeway on Northwest Boulevard this evening. Witnesses said the man put a knife to at least two cashiers’ throats …

• Cash rolls in for, against liquor sales initiative

  August 24, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – This year’s ballot measure to get state government out of the liquor business is shaping up to be another multimillion-dollar fight that will pit one of Washington’s largest … 25

• Empty Safeway will reopen as Grocery Outlet

  August 1, 2011 in Business, City The empty Safeway supermarket on West Third in Spokane will reopen this fall as a Grocery Outlet store. 17

• Quick-thinking citizens earn police chief’s plaudits

  June 28, 2011 in City on Page A5 For Dillon Fabie, there was no decision to be made. Just an adrenaline rush and a quick sprint across a parking lot and there he was, restraining a suspected purse … 2

• Hire Ability Day touts workplace accommodations

  October 21, 2010 in Business on Page A10 Smart businesses are hiring workers with disabilities now because they know entry-level job openings will go begging in 15 years when there will be fewer workers to fill them, said …

• Here’s the Dirt: Safeway updating regional center

  September 3, 2010 in Business on Page A12 It’s costing Safeway Corp. $1.9 million at its Spokane regional distribution center to move the large building’s refrigeration system onto the roof. The work started in July and is expected …

• New composting facilities give stores the green light

  August 11, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Managers of Spokane Valley-based Yoke’s Fresh Market say they’re saving $7,000 a week by separating food waste from store garbage and sending it to a regional composting facility. Yoke’s seven … 2

• Middle-age woman sought in bank heist

  July 1, 2010 in City on Page A5 A woman robbed a bank inside a Spokane grocery store on Wednesday.

• Woman robs bank inside Spokane grocery store

  June 30, 2010 in City A woman robbed a bank inside a grocery store in central Spokane today. 3

• Northeast community center expanding

  March 12, 2010 in Business on Page A12 Spokane’s Northeast Community Center, at 4001 N. Cook St., has started work on a $3 million addition that will create 30,000 square feet of meeting and office space and a …

• Woman identifies her son as Banner Bank robbery suspect

  February 26, 2010 in City on Page a6 A man suspected of robbing an east Spokane bank this week was arrested Thursday after police said he appeared to be staking out a different bank.

• Robber steals cash from Safeway bank

  February 23, 2010 in City on Page A5 A man robbed a bank inside an Spokane grocery store Monday. About 5:26 p.m., the robber entered a Banner Bank branch inside the Safeway store at 933 E. Mission Ave., …

• Shopping center update almost complete

  July 2, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S1 A longtime North Side fixture is receiving a contemporary face-lift. Aaron Lake of Stejer Development said the makeover of the Town and Country Shopping Center on west Francis Avenue is …