Owners of local marijuana shops hope to cash in on the biggest retail sales day of the year, an event many of the stores are calling "Green Friday." Though state law dictates when the area's nine retail shops may open their doors (8 a.m.) and…
A Spokane tech company launched quietly two years ago has landed a $10,000 prize in a startup competition hosted by the Washington Technology Industry Association. Our full SR news story ran on Friday. Under-the-radar Kirkland Analytics, which has a team of five, won the top…
It's been a strange tale, the contentions between two big high-rollers over sprawling Lake Coeur d'Alene lake home. The battle seems to have finally ended, with an announcement last week that the two men, Denny Ryerson and Dana Martin, have agreed to a settlement. The…
Now that it's resolved the issue of moving forward with demolition of two downtown buildings, let's give a high-five to Larry H. Miller for some philanthropy. The Utah-based firm recently gave Spokane's Union Gospel Mission a $5,000 donation to help fund the charitable group's annual…
Earlier today readers found a story about Northwest Farm Credit Services paying $9 million for the big Ambassadors Group building on Flint Road near the airport. We noted we couldn't get comments from either company about how this affects them. Today, we did get a…
This item includes a corrected number, changing the number of private jobs added during October. Washington’s unemployment rate rose slightly this month to 6.0 percent, despite an estimated gain of 5,600 jobs in October, according to preliminary and seasonally adjusted labor statistics from the state…
Kirkland Analytics, a Spokane startup that helps commercial buildings manage water use, won the top prize of $10,000 at this week's WTIA Fall First Look Forum. The Washington Technology Industry Association is a not-for profit trade group that supports technology companies and professionals, trying to…
Ryan Arnold has been chosen as Greater Spokane Incorporated's first director of its recently launched Entrepreneurship Program. The job is focused on adding energy and guidance for area entrepreneurs and startups. Arnold has primarily focused his efforts in Kootenai County. He created a consulting firm…
Big news if you are into food. A second Trader Joe's comes to north Spokane. The graphic here shows the layout of Franklin Park Mall. TJ's goes into roughly half the Rite-Aid building there on North Division. Rite-Aid, we're told, will leave the mall portion…
Spokane company Dionysius Technology has 13 days left to reach the $85,000 mark in its Kickstarter Campaign, to raise money for the first production of its Sonic Decanter. The product removes oxygen and oxides from wine with the claim that the change in chemistry improves…
Ouch. A few days after the SR reported on Spokane Valley manufacturing firm ATC moving to Post Falls, we see a wire story announcing that furniture maker Kimball will close its Post Falls operation. The AP story: JASPER, Ind. — Office furniture maker Kimball International…
Let's not get too disappointed that Beardbrand didn't score a nice deal on Shark Tank last week. Truly, if the PR mill can be trusted, the mustache-beard movement is healthy and prospering. Beardbrand's fortunes are sure to spike as the world finds continuing need for…
Spokane startup Beardbrand got the short end of the strop last Friday when the company competed for venture money on ABC TV's show Shark Tank. Company co-founder and CEO Eric Bandholz said the sharks on the panel regarded the company as too niche and didn't…
Scott and Deanna Reckord, who operate the Sullivan Scoreboard Bar and Grill, will open a new sports bar and pub in the former Painted Hills Golf Course clubhouse, at 4403 S. Dishman-Mica Road. They call the business the Clubhouse at Painted Hills. Developer Dave Black,…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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