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Kick-Start V venture-capital fund generates $3.8M

Capital will be invested in 15 to 20 companies over next three years

April 13, 2023

Spokane angel investor Tom Simpson says he has completed fundraising for Kick-Start V, a $3.8 million venture capital fund to invest in local and regional startups.

New Horizons for Inland Northwest aerospace

Diversification is key to maintaining operations, even in era of Boeing resurgence

April 13, 2023

Erica Bullock

Manufacturing of commercial aircraft components is beginning to pick up again after years of low production rates here, some Inland Northwest aerospace companies say.

Despite demand, homebuilders face headwinds

Interest rates, scarcity of lots, labor shortage hinder remedy to crisis

March 30, 2023

Joel White

Regular observers of the real estate market know that housing is a cyclical industry. Following the Great Recession, we saw a slow initial recovery prior to seeing out-of-area buyers flood our market to access our region's low home prices and high

Panattoni erects two distribution centers

New warehouse projects in Valley, on West Plains

March 30, 2023

Mike McLean

The Renton, Washington-based office of Panattoni Development Co. is behind two Spokane-area distribution center developments valued at $63 million combined. One is the $46 million, three-building West Plains Logistics complex planned on a 10-acre site

End in sight for multiyear bridge projects in city

East Trent span to carry traffic in spring; Post Street structure to open in fall

March 30, 2023

Dylan Harris

Two prominent Spokane bridge-replacement projects valued at a total of nearly $50 million are expected to wrap up this year. In downtown Spokane, on the west edge of Riverfront Park, the city of Spokane is replacing the 106-year-old, 333-foot-long

Spokane International Airport's TREX project is off to smooth start

Concourse C expansion to be complete in 2025

March 30, 2023

Dylan Harris

The first phase of Spokane International Airport's Terminal Remodeling & Expansion, or TREX, project is on schedule and on budget, says Larry Krauter, Spokane International Airport CEO. The airport broke ground in October on the project's first

North Spokane Corridor continues path south toward I-90

Bids for river crossing recently opened; work to begin this summer

March 30, 2023

Erica Bullock

Construction on the 10.5-mile North Spokane Corridor project, which eventually will meet up with Interstate 90, is proceeding southward along the western edge of the Spokane Community College campus, says Washington state Department of Transportation

Manufacturing plants rise on opposite sides of city

Projects for McKinstry, HollisterStier valued at over $300 million

March 30, 2023

Mike McLean

Separate manufacturing facilities are under construction in the east and west areas of Spokane. Pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging company Jubilant HollisterStier LLC obtained building permits in September to begin the first of two expansion

I-90 interchange replacement is underway in Post Falls

Focus this year will be on bridge construction

March 30, 2023

Mike McLean

The Idaho Transportation Department has launched its first full season of construction on a four-year, $78 million project at the Interstate 90-state Route 41 interchange in Post Falls. Bridge construction will be the main focus of the project this

Construction to start on four NoLL buildings

Development to enhance neighborhood walkability

March 30, 2023

Erica Bullock

Commercial development at the mixed-use town center in Liberty Lake, dubbed the NoLL, has slowed slightly due to current economic conditions, but residential development in the area remains strong and includes the ongoing construction of about 75 rental