Things continue happening in and around the city downtown business core. Shown here is the newest architect's rendering of the Worthy Convention Center Hotel, which is steadily taking shape in downtown Spokane. This is at least the third rendering, which keep evolving as the project…
Spokane Gymnastics has added a second all-ages training center at 2515 N. Locust Road in Spokane Valley. Called Spokane Gymnastics Argonne Village, the facility is 28,000 square feet and takes over the former Stroh’s Fitness at that address, near the intersection of Montgomery and Argonne.…
Is this the year to buy or sell a house? Is this the year to get your Realtor's license and make big bucks? Here's one opportunity to figure out those big question: the 2014 annual Real Estate Market Forum, starting at 7:45 a.m. Thursday morning.…
File this under "I'm already a bit overweight and I'll deal with it later." The big news from the Big Lots company is that its stores now are the official outlets for Hostess Thrift items. Consumers will now be able to visit any Big Lot…
There's lots of stuff going on downtown. The annual Downtown Spokane Partnership meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 26,. this week, and the topics will include how to keep up the past few years' positive momentum. The event starts at 3 p.m. at ballrooms A & B…
Sunday the Spokesman Review jumps back into pot coverage, specifically how interested statewide and regional banks are in doing business with the I-502 industry that is being created after state voters legalized pot in Washington. The story finds, a bit surprisingly, that all the large…
Bitcoin is dead. Or not. No one seems to have a clue, except for the ranters who sometimes prowl Spokesman.com who think they're way above-average in such matters. The headlines related to Bitcoin this week leave most of us still uncertain, confused, unsure what to…
A Spokane e-commerce company, Green Cupboards, shows up on page 304 of the recent book, "The Everything Store," by Brad Stone. The book is subtitled: "Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon" and it describes pretty effectively how Bezos evolved the online site from a…
One more iCPooch update. On Monday, Feb. 17, the Spokane dog-tech startup exceeded its Kickstarter target of $20,000. We posted on that yesterday. Chris Martin, father of company inventor Brooke Martin -- who's 14 -- sent us an email explaining where that Kickstarter money will…
Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Getting her face on Fox Business News on Monday morning helped push Chris and Brooke Martin to exceed their Kickstarter goal for their Spokane startup company, iCPooch. The 14-year-old Brooke was featured last year in a Spokesman Review article…
Today is your last chance to sign up for tomorrow's (Feb. 18) Inland Northwest Aerospace Consortium meeting, featuring Jenette Ramos. The Aerospace in the Inland Northwest-INWAC Open House Breakfast runs from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Lincoln Center, 1316, N. Lincoln. Ramos is…
Saturday's Spokesman Review featured a quick story on the visit by AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson to celebrate the Spokane Valley reopening of its newly remodeled AutoNation Toyota Scion Spokane Valley dealership. For those who work for the company here, it was quite the deal. The…
On Wednesday, the same day Itron Inc. posted its 4Q and 2013 fiscal year results, the company also announced it plans to repurchase up to $50 million in common stock. Like Apple earlier this month, the company knows it wants to protect shareholder value, and…
Greater Spokane Incorporated is hosting a health care symposium Thursday morning, starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Davenport Hotel. It's scheduled to end at 9:30 a.m. The panel will present health and insurance professionals discussing the Affordable Care Act and what employers and individuals should…
A big day for fans of Mead-based Cyan Inc. It's the official release of realMyst: Masterpiece Edition. This version is an augmented, spiffed-up version of Myst, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary. It's also a replacement for the 2000 edition of realMyst, which took the…
Just to revisit the question and blog post from Monday, here's a link to a CNBC story on the same concern -- the "one ring" scam that tries to get you to call back a suspicious cell phone number. Our post yesterday noted the Washington…
You or someone you know has probably been targeted by the nefarious Island Call Back Gang. That's our name, anyway, for the spate of phone calls coming into mobile phones that say they're from Antigua, Barbuda or Jamaica. The Washington Attorney General's office on Monday…
Spokane startup Barter's Closet is raising money via Indiegogo to help develop a mobile app. This slick little video shows founder Connor Simpson making the pitch. Does a fine job highlighting how the clothes-trading business operates. They're trying to raise $20,000. The company is based…
icPooch, the Spokane tech startup that wants the world to have a simple way to communicate long-distance with their dogs, is after a new round of funding, via Kickstarter. Last year, Brooke Martin and her dad, Chris Martin, launched the company which intends to develop…
The downtown Ben and Jerry's, in River Park Square, has not downsized. It's moved temporarily into the corner spot of the third floor food court while its main service area is going through a total makeover. The company expects to reopen in the fresh new…
Today's business story, about the Spokane workshop helping Seattle's AudioCenter gain more market share with its audio gear, had two photos by SR photographer Dan Pelle. This post help show one of the company's most successful products, the $199-range Epicenter, designed for audio systems in…
An Olympia moving company has been fined by Washington state for the second time in seven months for not filing an application before acquiring another moving company. In this newest case, the acquired company was based in Spokane. The second penalty assessment, for $7,000, was…
It's still a Seahawks hangover kind of day. Some locals have organized a Seahawks rally for Wednesday, Feb. 5, inside the River Park Square atrium in downtown Spokane. It runs from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. KHQ-TV is directly involved, sending over its talent, including…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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