New survey by Magid Associates on cord-cutters -- those who are quitting cable or satellite paid-TV service -- shows a slow but steady growth. See the related story at All Things D. But the bad news is: If you're addicted to sports (or have a…
Spokane County's jobless rate in August dropped to 7.2 percent, the lowest in 2013, the state Employment Security Department said. The number is not seasonally adjusted. In August a year ago, the jobless rate was 8.6 percent. The net job gain from 12 months ago,…
Sandpoint's Quest Aircraft Company handed over its 100th Kodiak aircraft in a recent ceremony at the company headquarters. The 100th aircraft went to Sunstate Aviation, based in Phoenix. Representatives of the company’s owner, Mike Watts, were on hand to accept delivery of their new single-prop…
Red Lion Hotels Corp. is adding a new franchise hotel in Walla Walla, helping the hospitality chain add a property in the heart of Eastern Washington's wine country. The formal switch to the Red Lion system is expected to occur later this year following a…
Red Lion Hotels Corp. is adding a new franchise hotel in Walla Walla, helping the hospitality chain add a property in the heart of Eastern Washington's wine country. The formal switch to the Red Lion system is expected to occur later this year following a…
If you've wanted to ask David Sabey some questions, you'll get your chance next week. The longtime Seattle businessman and pres of Sabey Corp. will deliver the Gonzaga University School of Business Administrations' annual Pigott Entrepreneurship lecture at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26. The Thursday event…
Long live Geno's. After a brief stint as an upscale eatery, a fire of mysteriou9s origins this summer closed the north Spokane eatery. The four guys who run several other food establishments will open the new Geno's within a month, and we wish them good…
Longtime banking executive Cajer Neely has been named president and director of RiverBank, a Spokane commercial bank. Its website is RiverBankOnline.com. Neely has worked in area financial institutions for more than 30 years, most recently with Wells Fargo. He graduated from the University of Wyoming…
The day after Sterling Financial announced it's being taken over by Portland-based Umpqua Bank, here's one graphic that raises questions about who knew about the merger early-on. The story of the announcement ran in the Sept. 12 Spokesman Review and online. The graphic here shows…
It's roughly a week before MacKenzie River Pizza opens its downtown food location in the Lincoln Plaza Building, at Lincoln and Riverside. It's taking the spot last used by Ciao Mambo. Both brands are part of the Glacier Restaurant Group based in Whitefish, Mont. Workers…
Office Hours pulled the image that ran with a blog entry yesterday about the proposed Convention Center hotel. This was done at the request of Matt Jensen, who works for the Davenport Collection, the corporate entity that runs the Davenport buildings, the Lusso and would…
Ahmad and Fery Haghighi, owners of Fery’s Catering, are building a commercial office building at 5608 S. Regal St. They plan on tenants moving in by the end of the year. Estimated to cost $1.5 million, the 7,200-square-foot building will cater to retail or office…
We pulled the architectural redering that was posted here yesterday, showing one possible view of the proposed downtown Convention Center hotel. The Worthy company said, Hey, that's not the current and updated rendering. They asked us to pull it and we agreed, after considering briefly…
More stuff on the expansion of commercial properties at Kendall Yards, the big development just west of downtown Spokane. Three new buildings are on the drawing boards; two are restaurants (whose names and owners have not been announced); a third is the Highline Lofts. It…
We're expecting a news announcement this month about a possible expansion of the Meadowwod Technology Campus, in Liberty Lake. The rumor is that a large financial services firm is likely to lease a new building, Meadowwood Three, south of the existing large original (former Agilent)…
Who's going to pay for the celebatory champagne toast, when Gov. Jay Inslee and a host of wine industry folks meet in the Tri-Cities to fomally break ground on a new wine science center?. The new center -- officially the Wine Science Center at WSU…
WSU Pullman Engineering School Professor Sankar (Jay) Jayaram has been cited by Sports Business Journal as one of 15 "top idea innovators." Jayaram was lauded for his work with Pullman-based 3D-4U Solutions in developing a personal event viewer that gives individualized and interactive options for…
Our earlier story this week on iCPooch, a Spokane startup initiated by 13-year-old Brooke Martin, drew a good deal of interest. We just spotted the Kickstarter campaign page where Brooke and her father, Crhis Martin, are seeking $70,000 to help get the company off the…
The husband-wife owners of Berg's Shoes, one of downtown Spokane’s longest-surviving retail stores, announced they’ve closed the business. Beth and Alex McCauley recently posted a note on the store’s door announcing the closure. In 2010 the McCauleys bought the business from Chris Berg, the grandson…
You can find all sorts of available commercial properties for sale in the downtown Spokane core. Go to http://www.commercialmls.com/ and search just the 99201 zipcode and you'll find about 40 listings. Two that caught our eye were already well-known: the downtown Masonic Temple at 1108…
Here is a raw video taken last week at Spokane's Wilbert Precast plant in northeast Spokane. Worker Steve Gregorson is removing one of the 140 concrete dolos being made in the plant. They're 1,600 pounds each, and are shipped to Pierce County to be used…
View Larger MapDriving Directions Spokane-based Banner Bank today has completed the purchase of an AmericanWest Bank branch in Liberty Lake. The branch is at 1221 N. Liberty Lake Road and its current staff of four will join the Banner group, a press release noted. As…
Spokane ecommerce company Etailz — formerly known as Green Cupboards — is listed No. 128 on Inc. magazine’s list of the 500 fastest-growing U.S. private companies. It’s the only Spokane firm on that list. Eight other Washington companies were in the top 500, an annual…
Tuesday's main business story in the SR was the announcement that Rich Hadley, CEO of Greater Spokane Incorporated, was stepping down in April. That will mark a 20 year career at the helm of the region's largest chamber organization. How large? Well, it was 1,400…
Washington state regulators fined Frontier Communications Northwest Inc. (DBA Frontier) for overcharging customers for returned checks. Washington's Utilities and Transportation Commission found Frontier committed 414 violations of the state’s consumer protection rules and penalized the company $41,400 for improperly charging customers a higher fee than…
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