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News >  Spokane

Seeking more space, Core Pilates moving to new location in Kendall Yards

Sat., Feb. 2, 2019

The exercise studio outgrew its space at 1230 W. Summit Ave. two years ago and will move into a location more than twice the size of its current location, according to its owner, Dana Wall.

News >  Spokane

Spokane County returns $4.4 million in overpaid taxes

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 31, 2019

Spokane County has returned more than $4 million in taxes to residents, businesses and nonprofit organizations that made overpayments or were eligible for tax exemptions.

News >  Spokane

Getting There: Washington state gets a C on infrastructure from civil engineers group

Mon., Jan. 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the

News >  Spokane

Construction spending most in a decade across Spokane

Sun., Jan. 27, 2019

With $880.5 million in new construction in 2018, Spokane boomed more than any year since 2007, when new construction totaled more than $1 billion.

News >  Business

The Dirt: Renovation of Pacific Fruit building will bring financial company offices, coffee shop, restaurant

Sun., Jan. 27, 2019

A 97-year-old brick building in Spokane’s University District that still boasts the faded “Pacific Fruit & Produce Co.” on two of its exteriorwalls will reopen later this year as a restaurant, coffee shop and new home to JMK & Associates, a Spokane-based financial company.

News >  Business

Eagles Temple building to undergo $2.2 million conversion

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 28, 2019

The project, which is expected to cost $2.2 million in all, will bring 21 residences on three floors and two ground-level retail spots on Howard Street just north of the rail viaduct.

News >  Business

Renovation of Pacific Fruit building will bring financial company offices, coffee shop, restaurant

Sat., Jan. 26, 2019

A 97-year-old brick building in Spokane’s University District that still boasts the faded “Pacific Fruit & Produce Co.” on two of its exteriror walls will reopen later this year as a restaurant, coffee shop and new home to JMK & Associates, a Spokane-based financial company.

News >  Business

Work to begin on restaurant upgrade as part of River Hotel renovation

Sat., Jan. 26, 2019

Work on the Onyx Kitchen in the River Hotel will begin soon, according to permits issued by the city.

News >  Spokane

City prepares for next phase of north-south freeway: Water, sewer infrastructure

Thu., Jan. 24, 2019

Spokane will spend $15 million in state highway funding to build, move or protect city-owned water and sewer pipes ahead of construction of the long-awaited north-south freeway.

News >  Spokane

Unpaid air traffic controllers at Spokane airport try to draw attention to their shutdown plight

Tue., Jan. 22, 2019

About a dozen air traffic controllers fanned out around the airport between 1 and 5 p.m., handing out pamphlets describing their work and encouraging travelers to call U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the Republican congresswoman who represents Eastern Washington, and tell her to fund the federal government.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: Spokane didn’t just follow suit and rename a street for MLK – it built a new one

Mon., Jan. 21, 2019

Last month, with little forewarning, Martin Luther King Jr. Way finally opened for its full stretch, from Division Street to Trent Avenue.

News >  Business

The Dirt: $6 million business park to be in north Spokane

Sun., Jan. 20, 2019

The $2.9 million project on the southwest corner of the intersection will also have a 4,300-square-foot convenience store.

News >  Spokane

The doctor and the pandemic: Spokane’s 1918 fight against the Spanish influenza

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 20, 2019

Dr. John Anderson was strolling down Riverside Avenue in downtown Spokane when a man spit on the sidewalk in front of him – a common, if foul, occurrence. It was also an arrestable offense, as the man would soon find out.

News >  Business

Improvements continue at Hillyard manufactured-home park

Sat., Jan. 19, 2019

Easy Acres Village, a manufactured-home community in Hillyard, continues to see upgrades, as 16 double-wide home lots get foundational and electrical upgrades.

News >  Business

Maverick station planned at Ruby and Montgomery

Sat., Jan. 19, 2019

The $2.9 million project on the southwest corner of the intersection will also have a 4,300-square-foot convenience store.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: Lighting up the dark spots on Spokane’s roadways

Mon., Jan. 14, 2019

Governing magazine this month examined data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, showing that between 2010 and 2017, annual nighttime pedestrian and cyclist deaths climbed 46 percent in the U.S. In 2017 alone, 4,440 pedestrians and 364 cyclists were killed after dark on American streets.

News >  Business

The Dirt: Construction of Avista parking garage to begin

Sun., Jan. 13, 2019

Avista will begin construction of a five-story parking garage with 500 stalls near its Mission Avenue headquarters, according to city permit data.

News >  Business

Builder plans triplex in Nevada Heights neighborhood

Sat., Jan. 12, 2019

A three-unit townhome will replace a single-family home in Spokane’s Nevada Heights neighborhood, according to permits issued by the city.

News >  Business

Construction of Avista parking garage to begin

Sat., Jan. 12, 2019

Avista will begin construction of a five-story parking garage with 500 stalls near its Mission Avenue headquarters, according to city permit data.

News >  Spokane

Second building announced as part of Catalyst project in Spokane

Wed., Jan. 9, 2019

Development at the south landing of Spokane’s University District Gateway Bridge on East Sprague Avenue continues, with the announcement Tuesday of a partner building to Avista’s Catalyst building.

News >  Spokane

Gonzaga University announces 17-story residential tower in downtown Seattle to benefit endowment

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 8, 2019

Gonzaga University-owned land on the Seattle waterfront that has long been used for parking will be developed into a 17-story high rise with more than 250 residential units.

News >  Spokane

KHQ-TV affiliated SWX gains Hoopfest broadcast rights

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 7, 2019

SWX, a local sports broadcaster affiliated with KHQ-TV and The Spokesman-Review, won the rights to air the basketball event. This year marks the first time in 15 years KXLY-TV won’t air the competition.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: The curious case of Benjamin Burr

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 8, 2019

Critics have skewered the unimaginative name of the University District Gateway Bridge. And let’s be honest, “Centennial Trail” does nothing to describe the 61 miles of paved trail that follows the Spokane River’s path from Nine Mile Falls northwest of Spokane to Coeur d’Alene. Then there’s Ben Burr, that mysterious name that’s attached to a trail, a boulevard and a road, not to mention a very quaint park. But who was Ben Burr?

News >  Business

The Dirt: Permits issued for crisis nursery’s new building on Sprague

Sun., Jan. 6, 2019

The permits encompass most work for the construction of the 32,000-square-foot, 40-foot-tall building at 2230 E. Sprague Ave. The structure’s foundation was laid this fall.

News >  Spokane

Commission says former YWCA adjacent to Spokane Falls is historic, approves demolition to make way for towers

Sat., Jan. 5, 2019

Removal of the complex – a collection including what remains of a 127-year-old brewery and YWCA structures 1965 – was in doubt after a hold was placed on the demolition permit on Dec. 3 by the city’s historic preservation office.