Perhaps we care a little too much about the South Perry District? We certainly gave plenty of space in Thursday's paper to plans announced by Ben and Christy Lukes to open Perry Street Brewing in the neighborhood this fall. OK, we plead guilty as charged.…
Washington’s unemployment rate dropped to an estimated 6.8 percent in May, the first time under 7 percent since November 2008, when the rate was 6.5 percent, the state Employment Security Department said Wednesday. The state’s unemployment rate has fallen by 0.7 percentage points since the…
Yesterday we ran this same artist's rendering of the new proposed Burgan's Block project. Here's the full daily Spokesman-Review story. Bernardo-Wills Architects, of Spokane, is the architectural design team for the two-building project. It's expected to begin within 60 days. The southern building -- the…
This being the week of the Paris Air Show, we've been tracking a blog hosted by Washington state's delegation there. The site also features a very well done timeline slideshow highlighting the major aviation moments associated with the Evergreen State.
A major project along north Division street will start later this year. This aerial rendering, compliments of Spokane's Bernardo Wills Architects, shows the projected end result. IF you know your Spokane development scenarios, you know exactly who's doing this multimillion dollar project. If you don't,…
It's National Small Business Week, and Idaho Sen. Jim Risch chose Sandpoint's Quest Aircraft as the state's Small Business of the Day. The company was honored in Monday's Congressional Record of the United States Senate. The company produces the highly regarded Kodiak single-prop aircraft, used…
Spokane brothers Ken and Scott Atkins have purchased the former Midas Muffler shop at 10415 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley. They're starting a new automotive service center called Quantum Mechanics, They'll cover the waterfront, doing the full variety of vehicle service but they'll also focus…
Saad’s Shoe Repair, one of the first businesses to move into the NorthTown Mall, is moving out. Current owner Larry Alfano said he's relocating the shoe business to the nearby Northtown Office Building at 4407 N. Division St. Saad's has been in the mall since…
AT&T announced it has turned on a 4G LTE network for the Spokane area. A spokesman for AT&T said the company T&T made nearly 50 wireless network upgrades in Spokane last year that included activating new cell sites, adding capacity, and upgrading cell sites to…
The anticipated start of construction of the new Kendall Yards segment of the Centennial Trail started today, according to the Kendall Yards Facebook page. This is part of the Greenstone company's commitment to make the mixed-use near-downtown development a fully integrated part of the riverbank…
On Sunday the SR ran a story on the plans by area downtown building managers to turn off, during Hoopfest, the "Mosquito" devices that were installed in the past year to deter loitering by young people. If you care to dive a little deeper, here's…
Vivint Inc., a Provo-based home automation company, will hold two job fairs later this month as a way to identify workers for a new Liberty Lake call center office. Today's SR story summarizes the announcement of the company's decision to add an office here. The…
Downtown retail alert: River Park Square announced Fan Suite, a rental meeting and entertainment venue, is opening on the mall's third floor. It's taking about 1,000 square feet next to Nordstrom. The location has three flat-screen TVs in a family living room setting, with seating…
Earlier in May The SR published an item about Gonzaga University beginning plans to build a $6 million tennis-golf center on the east edge of the Spokane campus. The story didn't provide a good map. This photo, from Google Maps, will help locate where the…
Seven Spokane area businesses or nonprofits won Agora awards Wednesday, an annual excellence in business designation presented by Greater Spokane Incorporated. They winners and categories were: Two Wheel Transit (small business) Arbor Crest Wine Cellars (medium business) STCU (large business) Spokane H.O.P.E. School (small nonprofit);…
Pete and Merline Roundy, who've operated a motorcycle all-terrain vehicle shop in north Spokane for more than 35 years, will close their store on Saturday. The Roundys, both 77, opened their first Roundy's Kawasaki shop in 1976. Within the past year the couple has decided…
Oh lord, Charlie Schmidt! You had to sell out, didn't you? Schmidt is the Spokane graphic artist behind Fatso, the web meme cat of "Keyboard Cat" fame. Today, Fatso, who's in feline heaven, must be rolling angrily in his catnip. Sadly, Schmidt allowed a toy…
CNBC's Power Lunch will feature Josh Neblett, CEO and co-founder of Spokane green-retailer GreenCupboards on Wednesday (June 5) from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the network's Power Pitch program. In the segment, the hosts give Neblett 60 seconds to "power" pitch his e-commerce start-up.…
Starting July 30, all Spokane cable TV subscribers getting Comcast’s limited basic channels will need free equipment to unscramble the signals. Many of the roughly 8,000 Spokane subscribers getting the lower-priced channels already have digital-converter boxes that unscramble those signals, said Comcast Spokane General Manager…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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