Community Frameworks Inc., a nonprofit housing development agency, is converting a the former nursing home at 424 W. Seventh Ave. into 29 apartments primarily for modest-income residents. The building, originally known as the Garden Terrace Manor, was built in the 1950s. It’s been vacant for…
Contract manufacturer Key Tronic Corp. is buying Mexican sheet metal firm Sabre Manufacturing for $5.1.million. Spokane Valley-based Key Tronic started out decades ago as a maker of keyboards. Over the last 15 years it transformed into a contract manufacturer, with production facilities in Spokane, China…
People are generally kind, and gullible. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Better Business Bureau are telling state residents to be wary of potential fraudulent efforts to collect "disaster relief" for the victims of the killer tornado that hit Moore, Okla. this month. “I…
Spokane’s clean air agency has told Spokane’s Beacon Cleaners to take a hike. And that’s a good thing. The laundry is the first dry cleaner in Spokane to earn “no-longer-regulated” status from the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency. In recent years, Beacon has installed cleaning…
We can't go two days without another mention of the proposed STEP project, which would begin with a proposed Spokane Tribe casino and resort. It would be built on 45 acres inside the City of Airway Heights. The controversy over whether this is needed or…
Earlier on Wednesday we ran a map with an item on the proposed amendment request submitted on behalf of the family of John and Holly Sonneland. That earlier printed map is the existing land use for the 30 acres the Sonnelands own on Spokane's South…
Craig Gates, the CEO of Spokane Valley-based Key Tronic EMS, is the featured speaker for Thursday's Connect Northwest Executive Breakfast. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. at the Spokane Club Georgian Room. Founded in 1969 as an independent keyboard manufacturer, Key Tronic was the No. 1…
This is one of those tales that never quite answers all the questions it raises. The Sonneland family, a fixture for decades on Spokane's South Hill, has more than 30 acres that will eventually go through some development. The first part of the plan is…
Spokane businessman Mark Camp and two partners have purchased Overbluff Cellars, a South Hill craft winery. Camp is buying the winery with Darby and Jovanka McKee, both of Spokane, who have been partners on other ventures with him. He and the McKees own the Title…
Continuing the thread on the possible approval by the BIA of the Spokane Tribe's proposed casino in Airway Heights, here's a little online discussion covering the debate over how gambling helps or hurts city economies. It's on Huffington Post. It's not long, it's a bit…
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 Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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