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…
A big day for fans of Mead-based Cyan Inc. It's the official release of realMyst: Masterpiece Edition. This version is an augmented, spiffed-up version of Myst, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary. It's also a replacement for the 2000 edition of realMyst, which took the…
We spotted a listing at the Puget Sound Business Journal of the state's five largest credit unions. Two are based in Spokane. The list, based on total assets: Name Assets Members BECU $11.5 billion 826,000 Wash. State Employees CU $1.85 billion 208,200 STCU $1.77 billion…
Congratulations are in order for the folks who've built IT-Lifeline into a top-drawer tech services company, making it an attractive target for an acquisition. Especially worth a call-out is Steve Tabacek, who started the Liberty Lake private company in 2002, taking it beyond simple backup…
Numerica Credit Union opened its eighth Spokane branch recently at 502 W. Riverside Ave. in downtown. The two-story building provides about 3,000 square feet on the main floor. The branch, one of 17 in Eastern Washington and North Idaho, has a staff of four and…
Today's SR story about the large hotel project across from the Convention Center featured an aerial photo by SR photographer Jesse Tinsley. The photo doesn't display very well the large monolithic wall that's on the site. At the street level, that large wall of concrete…
Cyan Inc., the company based in Mead that developed Myst and Riven and spinoffs from that franchise, announced on Thursday it's developing a Kickstarter campaign to build a new game. They call the new game Obduction. It's described this way in a release: "Obduction is…
It's not cheap to go to law school. The GU law school website warns prospective students the "typical" year there will run $53,049. The law school's tuition comes to $1,212 per credit hour. All living costs (food and lodging) come to around $14,429 per year.…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
The Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce is setting a Friday morning breakfast topic on the minds of a lot of people Namely, how frienldy wil the Valley be to new businesses who will want to grown and legally sell marijuana? The featured speaker is…
Matt Goodwin will open a new cocktail bar in the Peyton Building later this fall, calling the business the Volstead Act. The cocktail bar will move into the former Fraiche Contemporary French location, at 12 N. Post St. Goodwin said he hopes to open in…
Spokane County’s jobless rate inched up in May to 7.8 percent, up from 7.5 percent in April, the Washington Employment Security Department said. Washington state’s unemployment rate in May was 6.6 percent, up slightly from 6.5 percent. The jobless rate is derived from the Civilian…
It's National Small Business Week, and Idaho Sen. Jim Risch chose Sandpoint's Quest Aircraft as the state's Small Business of the Day. The company was honored in Monday's Congressional Record of the United States Senate. The company produces the highly regarded Kodiak single-prop aircraft, used…
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…
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…
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…
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…
After writing today's story about Dan Dickau opening his barber shop, The Barbers, up by the North Division Y, the only reservation we had is about the former Zag hoop star's listed height. At his NBA page, Dan is listed at 6 foot 3, 180…
SEE NEW map and new information in the succeeding post. (Above this one) The major mining issue around the Inland Northwest is the continuing campaigns by two companies looking to develop silver mines under the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area, and the the opposition area residents…
The good news for investors in Coldwater Creek, it has to get better. We spotted this chart in the Sandpoint-based women's clothing retailer's annual report for the fiscal year ending Feb. 2. The chart came with the company-written explanation below. If you can't read the…
