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News >  Spokane

Ruling To Eliminate Some Long-Distance Tolls Expected Today

US West Communications has asked Washington regulators to approve plans that would eliminate long-distance tolls between Elk and Green Bluff. A separate filing by US West and PTI Communications also would allow Colville and Kettle Falls residents to place unlimited toll-free calls to each other. To replace the long-distance charges, Elk and Green Bluff residents would pay a 65-cent monthly fee. Businesses would pay an additional 90 cents.
News >  Nation/World

United Security Bancorporation Plans Stock Offering Proceeds Would Help To Fund Growth Of Spokane-Based Firm

United Security Bancorporation has filed registration materials for an initial public offering of 1 million shares of common stock. Proceeds from the offering, expected to bring $8 to $8.50 per share, would be used to support additional growth by the Spokane-based holding company, which is the parent of two banks. United Security Bank operates six branches in Stevens, Pend Oreille and Spokane counties. Home Security Bank has branches in Sunnyside and Prosser.
News >  Nation/World

Utility Members Approve Merger Inland Power, Lincoln Electric Start Consolidation Process

Inland Power & Light Co. members overwhelmingly approved a proposed merger with Lincoln Electric Cooperative Inc. at their annual meeting Saturday. Manager Richard Heitman said 92 percent of the 6,463 votes cast supported consolidation of the two member-owned utilities, which serve adjacent territories covering much of Eastern Washington. Lincoln members approved the merger by a similar margin a week ago.
News >  Nation/World

Author Sees Local Stocks Shining

A new book gives an optimistic reading on the investment potential of three Spokane-area companies that have not enjoyed the best of times lately. "The 105 Best Investments of the 21st Century," by Richard Maturi, includes Hecla Mining Co., Pegasus Gold Corp. and Washington Water Power Co. in an eclectic mix that starts with stocks in industrial companies and concludes with collectible books.
News >  Nation/World

Pentzer Adds Another Firm To Its Stable

Pentzer Corp. has acquired another company specializing in point-of-sale displays and other marketing materials. The Decker Co., based in Memphis, Tenn., joins Graphic Communications and The Form House in Pentzer's consumer products group, said President Dick Davis.
News >  Nation/World

Japanese Customer Thanks Itron

Klaus Huschke, Itron's international vice president, shows a Tepco representative the inner workings of some of Itron's products during a plant tour. Photo by Molly O'Hara/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Nation/World

Next Vote May Hinge On Job Cuts Tentative Agreement Boosts Benefits, But Kaiser Workers Concerned About Combining Jobs

Negotiators for Kaiser Aluminum Corp. and the United Steelworkers of America retired to their corners Sunday after another round of talks yielded a potential settlement to a strike that enters its second week today. The agreement was disclosed late Saturday, after the two sides had met separately and together throughout the day in Salt Lake City.
News >  Nation/World

Wwp Questions Creston Turbine Proposal Utility Expresses Concerns Over Water Withdrawal And Transmission Line Overload Possibility

A proposed gas-fired turbine near Creston could overload transmission lines to Spokane, Washington Water Power Co. engineer Scott Waples said. And, added Bob Anderson, the Spokane utility's manager of licensing and environment, WWP is scrutinizing the turbine developers' application for a right to take water from the Spokane River above its Little Falls Dam. But both said they expect their concerns to be resolved without major differences with the plant's backers, KVA Resources Inc. of Bellevue and CSW Energy Inc. of Dallas.
News >  Nation/World

Wwp Faces $10 Million Court Suit Houston Company Sues Over Williams Lake Project

Washington Water Power Co. and some of its present and former subsidiaries have been sued by the minority partner in a British Columbia plant that burns wood waste to generate electricity. Houston-based Tondu Energy Systems Inc. filed its complaint last week in Spokane County Superior Court. The company is seeking $10 million and other damages. Tondu alleges WWP and a subsidiary, Pentzer Corp., denied it the chance to buy half of the Spokane companies' one-third interest in the Williams Lake Generating Station.
News >  Nation/World

Residential Building Fell In 1994 As Inventories, Interest Rates Rose

Sagging Spokane area construction activity in the last half of 1994 dragged totals for the year below those for 1993. In December, the city issued the fewest number of permits for singlefamily homes - 11 - since February 1988. That was one of the worst years for home building in the last quarter century. The county issued 54 permits, down almost 40 percent from the 89 of a year ago.
News >  Nation/World

Itron’s 1994 Earnings Hit Record Pace

Itron Inc. Monday reported record earnings for 1994 and the fourth quarter. The Spokane maker of automated meter-reading equipment for the utilities industry said revenues for the quarter ended Dec. 31 reached $34.9 million, a 43 percent increase from the 1993 period.
News >  Nation/World

Phone Deal Lowers Rates For Callers

FOR THE RECORD: (February 4, 1995): A Washington Utilities and Transportation action against International Pacific Inc. was undertaken before its acquisition last year by LDDS Communications Inc. An article in the Jan. 27 Spokesman-Review implied otherwise.