A start-up pharmaceutical company in Spokane has received a $1.38 million grant to develop new burn treatments for the Department of the Army.Iasis Molecular Sciences will work with Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Connecticut Health Center to formulate and test compounds based on…
Shoppers jammed parking lots from Wandemere to Spokane Valley to North Idaho this morning, ignoring snowy roads and cold temperatures to buy 46-inch televisions and 700-count sheets.At the Northpointe shopping Center, Best Buy Manager Keat Shankle estimated as many as 2,000 shoppers had been through…
Employment in most North Idaho counties fell in October, with Boundary County the notable exception.The Idaho Department of Labor Friday released a county-by-county breakdown of employment statistics, having announced earlier in the month a statewide rise in joblessness to 9.1 percent from nine percent in…
Our newsroom colleague Paul Turner mentioned in his Slice column recently the appearance in downtown Spokane of the word "think." on a mural not far from the heart of town. The source, at the time, was unknown. He later got a message from Dennis Magner,…
Two Spokane companies have launched the Deal Planet, a daily online coupon offer modeled on the popular approach taken by Groupon.com.Bozzi Media and Se7en LLC teamed up and began testing the plan over the past two weeks. They concluded the test and are ready to…
This post is sort of a mailbag response. Last week we wrote about the role the Washington State Department of Licensing played in slapping a Spokane tow truck firm for alleged misdeeds during this year's Hoopfest. A Spokesman.com story summarized the key issues.The company, Evergreen…
Trader Joe's confirmed a long-circulated rumor on Wednesday, affirming plans to build its first Spokane store in the South Hill neighborhood of Spokane.The specialty grocery chain, based in Southern California, is going to lease 12,000 square feet in Lincoln Heights Shopping Center, at 29th and…
The unemployment rate in Spokane County slipped to 7.8 percent in October, the lowest rate in almost two years.The number of employed rose to 220,210, up from 216,960 in September and 218,850 in October 2009.But Doug Tweedy, local labor economist for the Washington Employment Security…
The economic recovery will grind slowly forward next year, extending this year's modest improvements but not breaking out strongly enough to significantly affect unemployment and household income, economists John Mitchell and Grant Forsyth said today.Speaking at a Greater Spokane Incorporated forecast breakfast, Mitchell said businesses…
Spokane green product retailer Eco Depot Inc. will present a a class on the basics of solar power, from 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 20.Company CEO Nadine Sullivan, in the picture here, will lead the class at the Eco Depot office, 1226 E. Sprague.The…
Spokane Mayor Mary Verner is hosting a “Let’s Talk” conversation focused on small business and its challenges on Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the city council chambers in City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Three area small business owners will talk about…
North Spokane residents who are disappointed that the Nordstrom Rack store moved last month from NorthTown to Spokane Valley Mall can now do their Rack-shopping online.Last month, the Seattle retailer launched an online section to Nordstrom.com that features some of the items sold at its…
Washington State University researchers have determined a housing trend that most of us could have predicted, that home sales in July through September this year skid to their year's lowest point, reflecting the point right after the federal tax credit for first-time buyers expired.This came…
A Spokane credit union says local consumers are reporting a phone scam aimed at tricking them to reveal debit and credit card information.The STCU phone center today is inundated with calls from credit union members and some non-members who reported receiving official-sounding automated phone calls…
Black Friday is two weeks away. It's one sure date when otherwise cautious shoppers turn into crazed and dedicated sales-hounds.We're looking to find four to five different readers who would take part in a Black Friday study. We want to talk with only those shoppers…
If it seems not enough discussion or energy is focused on economic development in the Inland Northwest, we suggest people go find out in person, at the annual meeting of Inland Northwest Partners.That event is Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the…
Avvo, the West Side blog started in 2007 by Gonzaga University grad Mark Britton, is expanding into ranking doctors.Avvo, a Latin word for "advocate," started out and continues as an online forum for people to rank attorneys.Starting this week, Avvo will offer rankings of doctors,…
Social Media Sobriety Test from TDA_Boulder on Vimeo.Spokane creative agency 14Four has helped put together a social media sobriety test meant to stop Facebook or Twitter users from posting stupid remarks after partying.The Spokane company developed the free software plug-in for Webroot, a Boulder, Colo.-based…
Home sales plunged 40 percent in October compared with the same month last year, when a federal income tax credit boosted sales.The Spokane Association of Realtors reported 304 sales, down from 509 in October 2009, and 317 in September.Average and median prices were up substantially,…
Yesterday's announcement that the Washington Department of Licensing was teeing off, big time, on Spokane-based Evergreen State Towing Co., made us wonder: How many towing companies do we have in this town?Lewis Dennie, the Dept. of Licensing Northeast regional manager, came back with the answer:…
Spokane business-services company LaunchPad Inland Northwest is moving its offices to the 1889 Building, starting next month. The company, launched by co-founders Bill Kalivas and Alan Battle, is one year old and up to now has used the Holley Mason Building for offices and rented…
The Natural Resources Defense Council has a new list, based on three years of research, showing the 10 states working hardest to cut dependence on oil, and the 10 states most vulnerable to gas price spikes.To read the executive summary on the method to the…
Seattle tech company F5 Networks has hit a nice awards trifecta recently. We care because the publicly traded firm has a substantial presence in Liberty Lake, where a good number of engineers work on their network-optimization hardware and software.It was listed by Forbes as among…
Red Lion Hotels Corp. will add two California properties early next year, the Spokane-based company said today.A Fairfield Inn in Rancho Cordova, near Sacramento, will re-open as a Red Lion in January. The 111-room hotel built by Marriott as a Fairfield in offers limited service.The…
Red Lion Hotels Corporation of Spokane has hired Dan Jackson as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He will begin Nov. 10.Jackson has been involved in senior-level finance and strategic planning for more than 20 years, and he has significant experience in the hospitality…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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