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Nice Tri: Spokane businesses look to Tri-Cities for expansion

Acquisitions often provide inroads into market

July 20, 2023

The Tri-Cities area offers more than just a hot climate for Spokane-based companies' expansion plans, according to some business owners whose companies have established a presence there. The area's proximity to Spokane, similar market conditions

Businesses urged to act against domestic violence

New toolkit empowers workplaces to address urgent, growing problem

July 6, 2023

Susan Stacey

Domestic violence is one of the most urgent issues facing Spokane. A new report published by Women Helping Women Fund shows domestic violence is on the rise in Spokane County-a reason for true concern considering rates recorded in 2019 were already

Kootenai County justice complex design nears completion

$35M facility to unite court system in central Coeur d'Alene complex

July 6, 2023

Keith Erickson

Boise, Idaho-based Lombard-Conrad Architects has nearly completed the initial design phase for expanding the Kootenai County justice complex with plans for a new, 60,000-square-foot building that will connect with the county's existing courtroom

Simpson Engineers keeps long family legacy alive

Spokane Valley business now in third generation

July 6, 2023

Dylan Harris

Founded in the garage next door to where its Spokane Valley office now stands, Simpson Engineers Inc. has operated as a family-run business for over 75 years. Today, brothers Aaron and Ed Simpson make up the third generation of Simpsons running the

Digital transformation strategies should be holistic

Improving upon customer experience is best place to start in adopting tech

July 6, 2023

Kurt Walsdorf

It has become abundantly clear that digital demands on companies have skyrocketed in the past three years following the onset of the pandemic as workers went remote and consumers spent more time online, and those demands are here to stay.

Washington Small Business Development Center to move to Spokane Valley

Agency to relocate to Conservation District site

July 6, 2023

Erica Bullock

The Washington Small Business Development Center has leased 5,300 square feet of office space in the Partnership Building on the Spokane Conservation District's Quarry Campus, says Sheryl McGrath, Washington SBDC state director.

Georgia company acquires Standard Plumbing

Purchase of Valley company completed in first days of July

July 6, 2023

Erica Bullock

Spokane Valley-based Standard Plumbing Heating Control Corp., which does business as SPHControls, has been acquired by Automated Logic Contracting Services Inc., a building management company headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia, according to an Automated

Ag West forecasts profitability for most crops

12-month outlook shows gains in fruit, cattle markets in PNW; dairy may weaken

July 6, 2023

Erica Bullock

Most agricultural commodities produced in the Pacific Northwest are expected to generate some profits in the next 12 months, according to a quarterly Market Snapshot report by AgWest Farm Credit, a Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative.

Uptic Studios adds â€œCuratedâ€ trio of services

New division enhances spaces for residential, commercial customers

July 6, 2023

Karina Elias

Architecture and interior design company Uptic Studios Inc., of Spokane, has completed the formation of Uptic Curated, a design division dedicated to providing procurement, styling, and staging services to clients throughout the Pacific Northwest.

StretchLab stretches into Spokane

StretchLab franchisee opens second club on South Hill, eyes third on North Side

July 6, 2023

Dylan Harris

The Coeur d'Alene-based franchiseof StretchLab, owned by Jaimee Cox, has expanded into the Spokane market and is eyeing an additional location here. The StretchLab at 2013 E. 29th, in the Grapetree Village commercial complex on Spokane's