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CenturyLink upgrades its internet service here

Company expands fiber-ready broadband

January 19, 2017

Big Monroe, La.-based communications company CenturyLink Inc. announced last month that it was beginning to offer faster broadband speeds to business customers in multitenant office buildings here and in other cities throughout the state. Kerry Zimmer,

Deer Park pet grooming business builds new home

Facility designed to handle large dogs, segregate cats

January 19, 2017

Leslie Stansbury, owner of Grrs 'n' Purrs Grooming Inc., plans to make her current location her last. Stansbury and her husband, Dan Stansbury, recently developed an 1,800-square-foot building at 212 W. South in Deer Park to house the 25-year-old pet

Central Valley School District plans $129.9 million bond measure

New high school, two other big projects eyed

January 19, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

The Central Valley School District has begun planning for three new projects in 2018, one of which is the long-awaited construction of a third high school. Marla Nunberg Genther, director of communications for the district, says the school board voted

Muneris to build temporary housing for cancer patients

Project being sponsored by nonprofit foundation

January 19, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Muneris Inc., a small Spokane Valley-based general contractor specializing in modular home construction, is the contractor for an upcoming project to create four townhome-style living units for the Anna Schindler Foundation, a nonprofit organization here.

Preparing for Spokane's future

Projects revitalizing city, encouraging investment, planning director Key says

January 19, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

It's only been a year since Lisa Key started her position as director of planning for the city of Spokane, but within that time, she says she's been on the front lines of some big changes, particularly downtown and in the U District. 'Projects tha

Halme Builders to resume work at cemetery next spring

$1.8 million West Plains job to wrap up in June

January 19, 2017

Dan Halme, owner of Davenport-based Halme Builders Inc., says the company will resume work in the spring on a $1.8 million project at the six-year-old Washington State Veterans Cemetery, located west of Medical Lake. Halme Builders started a series of pr

Work set to start on $9.6 million tank project

Halme Construction wins job next to Liberty Park

January 19, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

The City of Spokane soon will begin construction of a 2-million gallon combined sewer overflow tank, just west of Liberty Park, where Third Avenue passes under Interstate 90. Marlene Feist, city of Spokane spokeswoman, says the $9.6 million project has

Doric Inc.: Building a wow factor

Former EWU psych major became general contractor

January 19, 2017

Doric Creager's modest home and office from which he operates his general contracting business, Doric Inc., is considerably more humble than the palatial spreads his company has built through the years. Set against a hill south of Spokane on the 8600 bl

New study calls for more ballparks at Liberty Lake

Sportsplex's cost estimate balloons up to $28 million

January 19, 2017

Based on higher than previously estimated demand and need, a recent feasibility study recommends adding four more ballfields to a proposed sports complex at Liberty Lake, increasing the project's estimated cost by at least $10 million. The proposed Lib