View Larger MapDriving Directions The city of Spokane has begun construction of its $14 million combined Solid Waste Management & Fleet maintenance facility, known as the Nelson Service Center, at 915 N. Nelson. The center will allow the city to convert solid waste trucks to…
AAA of Spokane moved into its new offices today. It's taking over the building at 1314 S. Grand Blvd., on Spokane’s South Hill. The travel company is taking over the vacant space last used by Savory. It will open doors for business on Monday, after…
Greater Spokane Incorporated President and CEO Rich Hadley is about to do his 20th, and final, GSI D.C. fly-in. More details in this Saturday SR.com story. Anyone who spends time around Hadley realizes he is, in fact, a marathon runner. He will keep going, keep…
It is a notable event, the sale of the iconic (not always aesthetically pleasing) Park Tower Apartments, across the street from the DoubleTree Hotel and the Convention Center. Today's story explained the reasons for the sale to California Commercial Investments by the previous owner, The…
Today's metro section had a business story on the new Women's Business Center being run by SNAP at the East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone. Here's a part of it: Heather Riviere is a month away from starting her first real business, a mobile…
If you like downtown Spokane history, you have to feel good about the renovations going into the former Germond Building, at the corner of Lincoln and Sprague Avenue. The owners, Diamond Parking, have committed several million dollars into turning the building into high-end apartments plus…
A Sagle couple are hoping to land a substantial federal grant to help develop a pioneer project using smart highway technology. SR reporter Scott Maben covered the latest developments in a recent story. Scott and Julie Brusaw are the Sagle-based developers of a system to…
While some may lament the loss of another company headquarters in the merger of Umpqua and Sterling banks, the good news is the new bank combines Sterling's solid lineup of strong departments with a bank widely considered an innovator in the financial services area. Saturday's…
Moody’s Investor Services has upgraded the city of Spokane Valley’s bond rating to Aa3. “The upgrade … reflects the city's low debt burden, sizeable tax base which is expected to expand into the medium-term, and healthy financial performance, which is maintained through strong management practices,”…
Most people know that Microsoft shut down product support for individual users of Windows XP. But it still offers custom product support for companies that want to maintain that operating system. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley summarizes how that works in this article. The article noted…
More ideas for people with new business ideas. There's an entrepreneurial panel on Wednesday April 16 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the ShareSpace Spokane office on the third floor of Steam Plant. It's free. It features Brandon Foote, founder and CEO of OnPoint Imaging;…
Katie Neal and Paige Bernier are getting set to earn their Gonzaga engineering degrees this spring. But they found time last weekend to be one of three winning teams during the Startup Weekend Spokane competition. Thirty three ideas were pitched and 11 teams moved on…
News alert: No one offered to buy the domain Spokane.com in a recent online auction. No bids came in. The owner set starting bids at $125,000, hoping to hit a reserve price of $250,000. That's apparently too high. No one made a single bid, said…
Here's a condensed version of tomorrow's story, about the visit by economist Justin Wolfers to Gonzaga University's econ symposium. Rich people are happier than poor people, not just according to popular opinion. Wolfers has spent the past several years examining studies that support that claim,…
Unless Spokane-based hydrogen fuel cell company ReliOn could land a big investment or find a buyer, its chances of riding out 2014 looked bleak, its former chief executive officer said this week. So to keep the company operating, ReliOn’s investors agreed to sell the company…
The second of two live debates on the topic of an increase to the national minimum wage will start this evening at 7 p.m. at Gonzaga University's Jepson Center. The event is free to the public. Sponsored by the Washington Policy Center, tonight's debate will…
There's a debate this evening on the topic of a national minimum wage. It's presented by the Washington Policy Center and hosted by the University of Washington. You can check it out online through TVW, the state television network. The Washington Policy Center hosts a…
A Boston company later this year will try to launch the largest high-altitude wind turbine in Alaska. Altaeros Energies plans to launch a 1000-foot-high floating wind turbine south of Fairbanks to bring affordable power to a remote community. Altaeros managers explained to The New York…
We'll be asking what the actual headcount reduction will be, following today's announcement that the Umpqua Bank merger with Sterling Bank has cleared all hurdles. The first signs of the deal will be Sterling’s regional signs being replaced by Umpqua Bank signs the weekend of…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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