Ownership groups led by Spokane developers Dick Vandervert and Lowell McKee plan to start work soon on three major commercial projects in the Tri-Cities area with a total value of $34.3 million.The planned projects include a hotel and an office
Liberty Lake high-tech concern IT-Lifeline Inc. is working with Spokane-based hotelier Red Lion Hotels Corp. to offer call-center operators the space and equipment needed to get up to hundreds of workers back on line within 48 hours if their a an a
A development company headed by the president of Spokane-based Scafco Corp. wants to develop a commercial and industrial park with up to 800,000 square feet of floor space and 800 parking spaces, at the former site of the Playfair horse racing in a
A Spokane-based investor group plans to develop an $11.5 million office building on the West Plains and expects to begin work on the project soon, says Lowell McKee, one of the investors.The planned two-story, 47,000-square-foot structure, to be
In a move that observers say would give the region more muscle in attracting business and funding, the federal government appears likely to combine Spokane and Kootenai counties into a combined statistical area in 2013, after the 2010 Census is of
Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based contract drug manufacturer, has added about 70 employees here over the last year, and has experienced double-digit revenue growth in its fiscal year that ends March 31, but likely will see smaller
Smart investment calls aren't so easy to come by.They require insight, patience, and a bit of luck. Once they pan out, however, they are fondly remembered for a long time.Some bold calls made during the market plummet of 2008 proved highly an
Feb. 9 / Potlatch posts higher earnings for quarter, year Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. reported earnings of $2.9 million, or 7 cents a diluted share, for the fourth-quarter of 2009, compared with a net loss of $4.4 million, or 11 cents
Meetings & Events Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a breakfast meeting, featuring Spokane Mayor Mary Verner's State of the City Address, on Friday, Feb. 12, from 7:15 to 9 a.m., at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane a
Dartmouth College study shows participation gains using low-cost strategies
February 11, 2010
Urging employees to participate in retirement savings plans has always been achallenge. However, the findings of a study by researchers of respondents at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H., financed through a grant provided by the National for in