Last week the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it would remove backscatter scanning machines from U.S. airports. The decision followed a fail by the company that made those units to devise a satisfying software fix for the problem of images that were deemed too invasive…
Twitter was right. The new Artisan Fire Pizza in downtown Spokane opens officially Thursday, Jan. 31. Today is a soft opening. Starting tomorrow hours will be until 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, until 11 p.m. on weekends. It's taking the former Moxie location at 806 W. Sprague…
There's a lot of non-news behind the announcement that retailers this week have the option of adding surcharges on some credit card purchases. Our story ran this morning at Spokesman.com. The quick answer: No one we know is going to be the first company to…
Spokane city commercial construction got on a major role in 2012, according to records kept by the city and outside data companies. The volume of commercial construction last year nearly doubled the volume of the generally weak performance of 2011. Today's business section story laid…
It cannot be news or much of a shock to learn the Spokane County commissioners unanimously voted to express opposition to the proposed Spokane Tribe casino and resort, on land they bought and which was annexed to the City of Airway Heights. Scroll down to…
The Affordable Care Act takes effect for many small businesses over the next two years. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Monday started a website to help small businesses understand the set of choices they face. It's www.sba.gov/healthcare. It includes online tools to gather…
IN case you missed on Thursday, Spokane's Sterling Financial Corp. had a good 4Q earnings report. The company, which operates Sterling Savings Bank, announced it booked net income of $20.9 million, or 33 cents per diluted common share, compared to $30.6 million, or 49 cents…
A Friday regional story noted that Spokane County Commissioners will unwind a 2010 agreement that would have kept them from taking a stance on a proposed Spokane Tribe casino and resort. It won't surprise me if comments posted online suggest the newspaper is working against…
UPDATED Jan 24 at 10:03 AM And to explain why the name is Leo Hotel Collection, we went to Pam Scott, Red Lion's director of communications. The answer: "We engaged an outside firm, Methodologie, to assist in the development of The Leo Hotel Collection soft…
Spokane tech startup CXOWARE has landed its first round of outside funding — a total of $1.25 million from an overseas investor and three regional venture funds. CXOWARE provides software tools used by large and mid-sized companies to analyze financial risk and other risks that…
The next development meeting organized by the Spokane Regional Marketing and Communications Association features powerhouse media figure Shawne Duperon. The association, which goes by Spokane MarCom, for short, will host Duperon, a six-time Emmy Award broadcaster and media lecturer. She will discuss working with the…
The tracking index for 15 publicly traded Inland Northwest companies ended a good year with a mild dip in the fourth quarter. The Hart Capital Inland Northwest Index lost 3.2 percent in total value during 2012’s fourth quarter. For the full year the index reported…
We almost went through the week without mentioning a major contribution by the Walmart Foundation Washington State Giving Program to Spokane's Second Harvest Food Bank. The award of $110,000 will be used by Second Harvest to buy a new semi-tractor, expected to help increase the…
Here's the advance read on the notable new real-estate retail deals going down in Spokane, and Cheney. Jarms Hardware takes new space Jarms True Value Hardware is moving to a new location at 6 Cheney-Spokane Road, next to the Trading Company Grocery. The hardware business…
Washington’s state unemployment rate dropped to a seasonally adjusted 7.6 percent rate in December. That's the lowest point in four years and down slightly from the revised seasonally adjusted rate of 7.7 percent in November. But it's not all good news. The state's Employment Security…
Schweitzer Mountain Resort will add 20 new residences to White Pine Lodge. The four-story addition will add 16 two-bedroom/two-bathroom homes and four three-bedroom/three-bathroom homes, the resort says. The three-bedroom homes will be designed as lock-off units, allowing for varied configurations for owner rental and use.…
We wondered how many subcribers might have been affected by the blackout created by the KAYU, DISH Network snafu that was settled over the weekend. Roughly 103,000 is the number we came up with, thanks to the folks at SNL Kagan, a communications and broadcast…
You probably heard the disputing parties in the KAYU-DISH blackout finally reached an agreement over the weekend: KAYU-28, Spokane’s Fox affiliate, was off the Dish network since late November over a dispute involving retransmission fees. Terms of the deal to end the blackout were not…
View Larger Map Let's catch up on new business openings in Spokane and the environs: As reported yesterday on the SR's Too Many Cooks blog, Texas-based barbecue retailer Dickey's Barbecue Restaurant opens a Spokane location on Friday. The franchise business will be at 12628 N.…
2nd Watch CEO Kris Bliesner will be the featured speaker at the next Connect Northwest breakfast. It starts at 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. Liberty Lake-based 2nd Watch is a tech company helping other companies use cloud technology…
Thursday was a grand opening for the new Caterpillar Inc. west Spokane distribution center, not far from the Medical Lake exit. The place is huge. The stat of the day was 15. The building (565,000 square feet) can house 15 football fields. Oddly, the interior…
Edited to change the status of the NorthTown Mall store. There's progress at last in filling the second-floor space last used by retailer Abercrombie and Fitch inside downtown Spokane's River Park Square. Sephora, a retailer of beauty care products, will take about half of the…
Instead of shutting its doors on Jan. 31, the East Francis Fred Meyer Store will close on Feb. 2, the company has announced. Jan. 31 was the original shut-down date chosen when the company announced the plan last year. The change better fits the financial…
Therm-All’s Spokane Valley production building has relocated to the former Triple R Auction building at 107 N. Park Ave. Until recently the insulation company operated out of a warehouse at 2902 E. Boone Ave. The new site has roughly 7,600 square feet. Therm-All provides insulation…
For most of its nearly 20 years in business, Spokane’s Vino! Retail wine shop has served one- or two-ounce wine tastes to customers. Sometime this month the shop, at 222 S. Washington, plans to open part of its store as a serving bar, allowing customers…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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