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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2011

Palouse Wind Project gets permit 

The proposed Palouse Wind Project has received a conditional use permit, moving it one step closer to generating as much as 195 megawatts of electricity sometime next year. An independent hearing examiner hired by Whitman County granted the permit one month after completion of a…

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Employers hire almost 2,000 in April 

Private employers in Spokane County hired 2,100 workers in April, a gain only slightly offset by a cutback in government employment. The new hires, the Washington Employment Security Department said today, rolled the county unemployment rate back to 9.1 percent from 10.3 percent in March,…

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The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.