Until today we'd never heard of Everest College. It's a nationwide network of for-profit schools operated by a publicly traded education firm, Corinthian Colleges, out of Santa Ana, Calif. Everest has operations in Seattle and Portland, but nowhere near Spokane or Idaho. The college sent…
Spokane’s Red Lion Hotels is revamping its website in hopes of getting more people to book visits there instead of through online travel sites. Company Executive Vice President Harry Sladich said the makeover will affect the main Redlion.com site plus 44 microsites for the chain’s…
View Larger Map The diVision Thrift Store has begun accepting recycled used or unused clothing and household items and will pay cash or provide store credit. The store's address is 2915 N. Division. Owner Karen Thurston said the goal is to help with community recycling…
If you haven't had a chance to visit the renovated McKinstry Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad building, you ought to find the time. The company, with headquarters in Seattle, has a corps of about 100 workers in the Spokane area. Last fall it finished a…
The patrons have voted, and the new name for the former Bulldog in the Gonzaga Neighborhood is ....University Bar and Grill. Owner Mary Livingston said this week more than a thousand people voted and helped select the location's new name. After Livingston took over the…
Spokane's Ecova, which started life as Avista Advantage and went through a few name changes, has hoisted a new sign on its company office building, 1313 N. Atlantic. The most recent name was Advantage IQ. The company, which manages and analyzes office energy consumption and…
If you're a fan of Spokane's Seven2, you can help the company win a $25K office makeover. Seven2, a digital marketing agency based downtown, is a finalist in an online competition hosted by ecommerce company Turnstone. Seven2 is going up against 23 other businesses, with…
Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels on Tuesday announced it lost $6.6 million in the first quarter of 2012, a net loss of 34 cents per share, compared to a net loss from continuing operations of $4.5 million or 24 cents per share, in the first quarter…
Pacific Steel & Recycling, based in Great Falls, Mont., has purchased Forest Steel Inc. in Dalton Gardens, Idaho, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is effective today. The facility will operate under the Pacific Steel name. Pacific is retaining all 37 employees of Forest Steel,…
Itron, Inc. has finished buying SmartSynch for $100 million. The Liberty Lake company said today the acquisition strengthens its cellular communications offering and will bring greater choice to utility customers across the spectrum of smart metering deployments. Jackson, Miss.-based SmartSynch is the leading provider of…
The wind power farm to be built on the Palouse this summer will include 58 windmills between the town of Oakesdale and State Route 195. That's a little larger than previously announced. Boston-based First Wind had said the wind farm would include 46 turbines. The…
PCWORLD had this write-up on the web browser Spokane's Mike Tigas built for Apple devices. Tigas is also a web developer for The Spokesman-Review. By Jeremy Kirk, IDG-News-Service:Sydney-Bureau A new privacy-enhancing web browser aimed at Apple users has steadily risen in popularity in the company's…
Sam P. Wood’s career has revolved around the local real-estate market for more than two decades, first as an agent and, since 1996, also as an appraiser. The Lewis and Clark High School and Eastern Washington University graduate describes Spokane as “an island unto itself”…
Taxable retail sales as well as retail trade fell in Spokane last year, unlike most other metro areas, including its plucky offspring, Spokane Valley. Taxable sales totaled $3.6 billion in Spokane in 2011, a 1.2 percent dip over 2010, the state Department of Revenue said…
It's "open house" weekend in Spokane, with Realtors hosting open house events Saturday and Sunday at more than 500 homes on the market. The event sponsor is Greenstone Homes, which has the "headquarters house" at the development company's Kendall Yards project on the north bank…
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation’s Kensington gold mine in Alaska will resume full production ahead of schedule, the Coeur d’Alene-based company announced today. The company in November announced a temporary reduction in mining and milling activities to allow for completion of several underground and surface projects…
Marketing efforts for a farmers market, an Advent calendar, Gonzaga University and a stink bug trap won top prizes in this year’s Spark Awards presented by Spokane MarCom, the regional marketing and communications association. The awards recognize the best work by local marketing, communications and…
Spokane's Northern Lights Brewing Company has been renamed No-Li Brewhouse. The new venture is headed by Northern Lights founder and head brewmaster Mark Irvin and craft beer industry veteran John Bryant, both of whom have deep roots in Spokane. The distribution plan for No-Li Brewhouse…
The Inland Northwest National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) won the Small Business Administration 2012 Women in Business champion of the year award for Washington and the Northwest region. The award goes to the organization or individual who has fulfilled a commitment to the…
Timothy Wilkinson, the current interim dean at Montana State University, will become Whitworth University's new dean of School of Global Commerce & Management. Wilkinson, 53, will start the job on July 1. Wilkinson was lauded in a Whitworth press release for his educational resume and…
Today we ran a quick story on the plans by Spokane's Dry Fly Distilling to develop a system of getting more of its gin, vodka and whiskey across the state, once the floodgates open on June 1. That's when the vast changes pushed through by…
The city of Seattle says about one-fifth of the homes and business — 75,000 addresses — in the city have opted out of phone book deliveries since the choice was offered a year ago. The city says that’s 420,000 unwanted deliveries, saving 375 tons of…
Next time you’re at an airport how would you like to speed through the security line without taking off your shoes and belt or removing laptops and liquids from carry-on bags? The Transportation Security Administration is starting an expedited screening program today for some passengers…
Boeing workers in Washington hope the company will decide to build carbon-fiber composite wings for a bigger 777 in the state. Mark Blondin of the International Association of Machinists union says a new wing plant would be a giant win for the state. The Seattle…
More than 120 people or companies placed bids over the past 45 days to acquire 167 Washington-run state liquor stores. The auction concluded Friday evening, and the total bid amount came to $30.7 million. That's what the state will reap as private operators start selling…
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