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Spokane architect Bob Wills reflects on his 50-year career

Wills reflects on creating firm, succession planning

July 15, 2021

Bob Wills is retiring after 30 years alongside firm co-founder Gary Bernardo at the helm of Spokane-based architecture firm Bernardo|Wills Architects PC. Bernardo says planning for the departure of his partner has long been in progress.

Journal of Business announces its 2021 Rising Stars

Young professionals will be recognized at in-person event in early September

July 15, 2021

Staff Report

The Journal of Business has selected 10 Spokane-area young professionals as its 2021 class of Rising Stars.Â Those future leaders will be honored on Sept. 8 at an in-person event at the McGinnity Room, at 116 W. Pacific, downtown.

Lord Stanley's sports bar hopes to start filling cups in mid-August

Restaurants & Retail

July 15, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Business partners-and rabid hockey fans-Jesse Koester and Eowen Rosentrater have their sights set on opening Lord Stanley's sports bar and restaurant in downtown Spokane next month.

Habitat For Humanity-Spokane shifts to home rehabilitations

Supply costs, shortages deter new construction

July 15, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Habitat for Humanity-Spokane has pivoted from constructing new homes to rehabilitating existing homes as availability of construction materials and labor tightens and costs rise.

Q&A with Fery Catering's Fery Haghighi

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July 15, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Fereshteh 'Feryâ€ and Ahmad Haghighi arrived in the U.S. in September 1980. They had fled from Tehran, Iran, where the revolution threatened their lives. One of Fery's brothers was a government official when the uprising began.

Engineering Idaho: David Evans & Associates consults on major traffic changes

Firm to work on $57.2M interchange project

July 15, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Established in Portland, Oregon in 1976, the transportation civil engineering consulting company David Evans & Associates Inc. has secured a solid presence in the Inland Northwest.

The Path to Completion at the Ridpath

Work on top two floors begins; restaurant tenant being sought

July 15, 2021

Natasha Nellis

A project that's been more than a decade in the making is well on its way to wrapping up, as developers at the Ridpath start work on the final two floors of the building.

Diversity, equity, inclusion enters the C-suite

Demand, pay for such roles has risen during past year

July 15, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Executive-level diversity positions are growing in prominence and scope as organizations adapt their culture to changing social attitudes, some Inland Northwest executives say.

Hemmingson's Triumph: Lakeside Capital buys Triumph Composite plant

Group plans to convert 50-acre West Plains site into manufacturing hub

July 15, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Wanting to generate long-term, high-paying manufacturing jobs in the Inland Northwest, a company led by veteran businessman and philanthropist John J. Hemmingson has acquired Triumph Composite Systems Inc.'s nearly 50-acre parcel of land and

Inland Power names new CEO

Longtime electric co-op exec to replace Jensen

July 7, 2021

Staff Report

Inland Power & Light has named longtime electric cooperative executive Jasen Bronec as its new CEO. Bronec, who is scheduled to start Aug. 23, will replace Chad Jensen, who disclosed plans to retire late last year after nearly a decade as the organizat