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Home and Yard Show returns this week to fairgrounds

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 20, 2023

After a two-year hiatus, the 45th annual Spokane Home and Yard Show kicks off Thursday at the Spokane County Fair & Expo center.

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Spokane’s diversifying economy more resilient to recession

Sun., Feb. 19, 2023

Spokane’s economy has remade itself dozens of times over its history, from logging and mining to aluminum production and now healthcare.

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The Dirt: Floor & Decor plans progess for old Lowe’s building

Sun., Feb. 19, 2023

The Atlanta-based flooring retailer submitted a pre-development application with the city in November to demolish 68,300 square feet of interior space to make way for the new Floor & Decor.

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Numerica receives grant from city to help first-time homebuyers

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 21, 2023

First-time homebuyers in Spokane may soon have a new option to help them in a housing market that recently has become unaffordable for many young consumers.

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Richard Marx concert for Thursday canceled at Northern Quest due to illness

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 9, 2023

Singer Richard Marx cancelled a Thursday night show at Northern Quest Resort & Casino due to illness, but the venue has already rescheduled the show for May 14.

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The Dirt: MUV Fitness plans new gym on 37th Avenue

Sun., Feb. 5, 2023

MUV Fitness has plans to open a new gym inside a former Albertson’s store on 37th Avenue on Spokane’s South Hill.

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Feds seize $50 million from Farmington State Bank tied to Bankman-Fried

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 24, 2023

Federal prosecutors have seized about $50 million from the one-branch Farmington State Bank that they allege in court records were deposited there as part of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's wide ranging scheme to defraud investors through his massive cryptocurrency exchange business.

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Spokane Boat Show returns this week after two year hiatus

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 24, 2023

After two years in dry dock, the Spokane Boat Show is set to kick off Thursday at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center.

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The Dirt: Spokane Valley arborist expanding into rental business

Sun., Jan. 22, 2023

The owner of a Spokane Valley-based tree service is hoping to build two new apartment buildings near the intersection of Barker Road and East Appleway Avenue.

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Avista makes deal to get out of aging Colstrip power plant in Montana

Sun., Jan. 22, 2023

Avista Corp. has a deal to get out of its ownership stake in one of the largest polluters of the Northwest: The Colstrip coal-fired power generation plant in Montana.

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Global Credit Union re-emerges after merger

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 19, 2023

Months after merging with Spokane-based Global Credit Union, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union announced that it will rebrand its entire network to take the smaller organization's name.

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Crumbl Cookies opening north Spokane location on Friday

Thu., Jan. 19, 2023

Spokane is about to get a Crumbl Cookies shop on North Division Street.

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Promoter: More inventory means better deals at Inland Northwest RV Show this weekend

Wed., Jan. 18, 2023

Several Spokane area RV dealers hope to take the cold, wet weather off consumers' minds for a while this weekend as the 35th Annual Inland Northwest RV Show works to make consumers think about camping again.

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The Dirt: Providence Holy Family expanding its behavioral health treatment clinic

Sun., Jan. 15, 2023

Providence Holy Family Hospital is proposing to remodel about 7,200 square feet of existing office space to accommodate a new outpatient behavioral-health treatment clinic for children.

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Spokane business owner struggling after banking scam

Thu., Jan. 12, 2023

TJ Sneva makes high-end skis and snowboards out of his Spokane home for adrenaline junkies who spent their late teenage years sleeping in laundromats and on friend's couches in resort towns so they could stay close the slopes. But Sneva's business is now struggling after the nephew of car racing great Tom Sneva got scammed out of about $28,000 from a phone number that had a caller identification from his own bank, JPMorgan Chase. 

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Cowles Co. purchases two monthly newspapers in Tri-Cities

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 9, 2023

Cowles Co., which publishes The Spokesman-Review, announced this week that it has acquired Tri Comp Inc., which publishes the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and the Senior Times newspapers.

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The Dirt: Permit request filed to build $45M Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 10, 2023

A building permit was requested on last week for the $45 million Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center at 13609 E. Mansfield Ave.

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Company breaks ground for aviation support facility at Spokane International Airport

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 15, 2022

Officials huddled in a heated tent Thursday to thrust ceremonial shovels into dirt to celebrate the ground breaking of a new $10 million facility on the east side of Spokane International Airport. 

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Avista customers will see energy rates increase starting next week

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 14, 2022

Spokane area residents will begin paying more for electricity and natural gas just days before Christmas after state regulators approved an earlier request by Avista Utilities to raise the rates for both.

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Some Spokane residents say their mail service has nearly stopped

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 8, 2022

Just as shoppers gear up for the final push for Christmas, many Spokane area residents say their basic mail service from the U.S. Postal Service has mostly ground to a halt.

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Incyte Diagnostics expanding lab

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 5, 2022

Incyte Diagnostics, working with Northwest Specialty, announced plans Monday to expand its laboratory services in North Idaho.

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Equipment upgrades to USPS facility in Spokane boosts efficiency

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 5, 2022

Santa Claus may still receive letters from kids in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. But the jolly old elf doesn't get anything until that mail gets processed in a massive, automated warehouse near the Spokane International Airport.

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Moonstone: How a state charter for a tiny bank in Farmington could have built a financial empire

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 5, 2022

Farmington, a town of about 150 residents nestled among Washington wheat fields and the Idaho state line, offered everything necessary to create a financial-trade superpower to rival London or Hong Kong.But the town never was the target or the prize.

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Spokane to host women’s freestyle wrestling National Championships

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 1, 2022

Spokane Sports announced Thursday that Spokane has been selected to be the host city for three consecutive years for one of the most prestigious-female wrestling events in the country.

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‘Like an enchanted land’: Remembering the Crescent department store, historic Spokane’s Christmas destination

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 24, 2022

Spokane’s downtown once was home to an economic anomaly, a presence so powerful that for decades it embodied very essence of Christmas.