Savers Inc., based in Bellevue, will move the current Value Village in Spokane Valley later this year into the building that once housed the Old Country Buffet. Currently at 13112 E. Sprague Ave., the discount and vintage-item retail store will reopen after remodeling is completed…
Washington State will release Spokane County jobless numbers for April tomorrow, May 21. To help us get in the mood, let's look at some national statistics and compare who's got the most and the least. Washington, in the March numbers was the state with the…
Get up early Friday morning and go to Spokane's Davenport Hotel if you care to listen to an economic overview from a guy known as America's "uber-geographer." The speaker is Joel Kotkin, author of a number of books and the guy behind www.newgeography.com and a…
The state AP office provided Wednesday's update on April's Washington state jobless rates. Washington state’s unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in April, and the state added an estimated 3,800 jobs last month, according to data from the state Employment Security Department. The March jobless…
A bankruptcy court trustee has chosen a Spokane management firm to run the Montvale Hotel, the downtown Spokane boutique hotel saddled with more than $3 million in debts. Rob Brewster, the owner of the Montvale at 1005 W. First Ave., filed for Chapter 11 reorganization…
Red Lion Hotel will host free fireworks tonight, Tuesday, starting around 9 p.m. in downtown's Riverfront Park. Red Lion spokeswoman Pam Scott said the five-minute fireworks display kicks off the Red Lion Hotels' Magic of Service Brand conference. “Red Lion Hotels is proud to bring…
Score one for Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The two Congressional fixtures for Washington state were key in rolling back some of the job erosion seen recently at Spokane's Mine Research Laboratory. A story in Tuesday's SR summarized how that happened, noting…
Washington State University College of Business’ online graduate business programs were ranked No. 1 for Best Online Graduate Business Programs for Veterans. "To ensure academic quality, all schools included in the ranking first had to be numerically ranked in U.S. News & World Report's 2013…
The latest April summary from the Spokane Association of Realtors paints a rosy picture for April home sales. It noted, among other things, a steady increase in homes sold, new homes being sold, and the median price of homes sold. But not everyone sees the…
Spokane Valley-based Numerica Credit Union has unleashed a new logo and a new "brand." That new brand --- "Life moves. Live well" -- is meant to focus on the credit union's commitment to helping foster "well being in the lives of Numerica's members," a press…
Spokane artist Charlie Schmidt has joined a copyright infringement lawsuit against Warner Bros. and the media company that designed the popular game Scribblenauts. Today's SR story on the suit is here. For those who wonder how the 1985 video of Keyboard Cat became an Internet…
Sports fashionistas, this one's for you. Vancouver, B.C.-based Lululemon Athletica will move to a larger downtown Spokane location later this year. The athletic-attire retailer currently has a “showroom” location at 117 N. Howard St. Its plan is to relocate to 707 W. Main Ave., in…
One SR story with a major business component is today's piece on a private study looking at the question of encroachment on Fairchild Air Force Base by a proposed Spokane Tribe casino. The casino still faces two rounds of government review. But the study, paid…
There won't be many more chances to write about Itronix, the tech product line that recently died a quiet death as a small business segment within the belly of defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. See today's story for the account of how the once-proud Spokane-launched…
Eastern Washington University’s “Admissions Brochure,” Shriners Hospitals for Children’s “Face Off Advertising Campaign,” and RESCUE! Pest Control Products’ “StinkBugSmackdown.com” were the big winners at the 18th Annual Spark Awards, presented last week at the Lincoln Center. The awards are presented to area agencies and organizations…
The Itronix product line, at one time one of the area's chief tech products, is finished. General Dynamics, which acquired Itronix in 2005, confirmed this week it's dropped the production of all GD Itronix "rugged" products. Itronix was a spinoff from metering firm Itron. Its…
Spokane County had fewer businesses in 2011 than it did in pre-recession 2007, new Census figures show. Annual payroll was down and the number of businesses in all size categories had fallen — except one. That category is businesses with more than 1,000 employees. There…
Spokane medical business InCyte Pathology has changed its nameto InCyte Diagnostics, a switch that focuses on the company's medical mission. It's also added a new corporate logo. The change follows the merger last year between InCyte Pathology and Eastside Pathology, based in King County. A…
It was only a period of time before we'd have another chance to talk about the Mosquito problem -- or the Mosquito solution, depending on whom you ask. Downtown businesses have again started working out solutions to preserve a sense of well-being and calm in…
Spokane software company Imprezzio has acquired Portland-based web design firm Bad Kitty Studios. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Imprezzio is a custom developer of software services for enterprise clients around the world. Its offices are in downtown Spokane. The company said, in a…
The term "primary industry" and primary jobs came to mind when I wrote the story last week on the evolution of the former Playfair Race Course into Playfair Commerce Park. A primary industry is a good thing. It's a company that sells its products or…
Red Lion Hotels, of Spokane, has sold its last non-hotel property, the Kalispell Center Mall in Kalispell, Mont. The company said WSPGB Mall, LLC bought the mall for $11.6 million. WSPGB is an affiliate of Woodbury Strategic Partners, of Salt Lake City, and Spokane-based Goodale…
Today's story on the planned Target store in the Southgate area is one that begs for a map. Much of the discussion from Wednesday's meeting of the city's citizen Design Review Board was about making the proposed 15-acre site more pedestrian friendly. This story needs…
Spokane’s office of the Housing and Urban Development department (HUD) will close in September, eliminating five jobs here. Federal officials are streamlining HUD as part of broad effort to provide services more efficiently. Spokane’s field office at the Thomas S. Foley Courthouse downtown is one…
For not the first time, the state unemployment report for Spokane left us dealing with mysteries. The story, appearing Wednesday, reported March's county unemployment rate went down from 9.8 percent to 9.1 percent. But, using different data from a different survey, the state also said…
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