Last week a group of Spokane area postal workers and their backers gathered downtown to voice opposition to plans that would shut down hundreds of post offices and dozens of processing centers across the country. The Postmaster General has said those cuts are needed for…
Spokane city officials have launched a “certified site” program that will help planners, landowners or commercial developers find information quickly on area properties. Owners of commercial or industrial land can submit information to the city to review if their properties meet environmental, zoning and utility…
Proctor & Gamble hates their freedom. Specifically P&G hates its workers' freedom to stream music and movies on company computers. The big company announced on Thursday it will block net access for workers who try to use the Pandora music service or the Netflix streaming…
Don't get Ultraviolet mad. The women's group called Ultraviolet has come out swinging at Facebook, saying the media and social network company has shown immense gender blindness. The Ultraviolet announcement on Thursday demanded Facebook appoint at least one woman to its board before the company…
Hecla Mining Co. has made management changes at the troubled Lucky Friday Mine. Ed Sutich has been named vice president and general manager of the underground silver mine in Mullan, Idaho. He replaces Jeff Jordan, who has moved to Hecla’s corporate office as vice president…
Is Spokane County very dependent on exporting its products? That's a subjective call. Today's story on Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-Wash) visit to Spokane to boost support for reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, raised the question of how many jobs depend on exports. The numbers are…
Population decline in rural Idaho intensified in 2011, new U.S. Census Bureau estimates show. More people left the state’s rural areas between mid-2010 and mid-2011, and more counties lost population than at any other time since the 1980s. Eighteen of the 33 rural counties saw…
Area post office workers will hold a rally Thursday in downtown Spokane, protesting planned cuts they say will degrade mail service. The rally, organized by the American Postal Workers Union, starts at 4:30 p.m. at 10 N. Post. It’s meant to call attention to pending…
Verizon Wireless is bringing more 4G to the Inland Northwest. The company announced its 4G LTE network will be available in the next few weeks in Cheney, Deer Park, Mica, Valleyford, Bonners Ferry, Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum and Stateline. Faster is better, or at…
The OfficeHours blog is nowhere near sad to report the demise of the QR code. It's the squiggly little black-white pattern found on some store products or on assorted items. It was supposed to change how people bought products or obtained services. And yes, it…
It's not a bad idea to brush up on your knowledge of proxy statements, especially if you have any stock in Spokane-based Ambassadors Group (symbol: EPAX). Two shareholders, Bandera Partners and Lane Five Capital Management, have each filed preliminary proxy statements, indicating they may or…
The Port of Quincy has sold 12 acres in its industrial park to Amway, the giant direct-sales company that distributes thousands of household products. The company, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., plans to build a 48,000-square-foot extraction and concentration facility to process ingredients for nutritional…