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Common Language Brewing to open in old Chronicle Building

Restaurants & Retail

August 12, 2021

Sean Owens is part of a team of a half-dozen partners in Wired Water Inc. that last week signed a lease to build Common Language Brewing in 3,550 square feet of space in the Chronicle Building, at 928 W. Sprague, in downtown Spokane.

Liberty Lake Athletic West planned along Barker Road

Joint operations expect to open doors in January

August 12, 2021

Virginia Thomas

A Liberty Lake-based athletic club and a Spokane-based physical therapy clinic are teaming up on a facility currently under construction in Spokane Valley.

Cheney lands $21.8 million loan for water reclamation

City hopes to fund most of the project with grants

August 12, 2021

Kevin Blocker

The city of Cheney recently secured a $21.8 million low-interest loan from the Washington state Department of Ecology as part of the city's continuing effort to reclaim water through the city's Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Plant.

At midyear, Spokane home sales are up over 2020

Median price increases 25.5% over last year

August 12, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Sales of single-family homes sold through the Spokane Association of Realtors' Multiple Listing Service are up 7.7% through the first six months of the year, compared with the year-earlier period. The MLS reports 3,598 homes and condos on less

Valley's Goodtymes changes hands, to reopen as Pint House

Restaurants & Retail

August 12, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Spokane restaurateur Josh Blair and business partner Tom Griffiths have purchased the former Rockin' Goodtymes Bar & Grill in Spokane Valley and have started remodeling the 6,500-square-foot building to build a second Pint House Burgers

Q&A about climate change with Gonzaga University's Brian Henning

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August 12, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Brian Henning is a professor of philosophy and professor of environmental studies at Gonzaga University, as well as founder and director of the university's Center for Climate, Society, and the Environment.

Family-owned gas station chains expand in Spokane area

Amerimart, Divine grow footprints with new stores

August 12, 2021

Kevin Blocker

A pair of family members who operate gas stations in the Spokane area have plans to open two more of their independently owned Amerimart gas stations and convenience stores in the coming weeks. Separately, Divine Corp. also is adding two

Washington Trust puts focus on women in leadership

Women now occupy 60% of bank's leadership roles

August 12, 2021

Kevin Blocker

With a combined 78 years of experience in the banking and finance industry, Katy Bruya, Alicia O'Mary, and Carolyn Stewart of Washington Trust Bank all say that if it's up to them, they'll never have another employer.

Financial institutions thrived in first half of 2021

Despite start, INW bankers brace for potential effects of COVID variant, inflation

August 12, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Some bank and credit union executives here say that while they're wary of the effects of the COVID-19 variants and of the threat of inflation, 2021 has so far been a year of growth in most product areas.

Production and Manufacturing Academy returns

More students experience work in industry in Spokane

August 12, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Though COVID-19 derailed the second Production & Manufacturing Academy class in 2020, it didn't dampen the spirits of a group of high school juniors and seniors who just graduated in the 2021 class.