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Georgia company acquires Standard Plumbing

Purchase of Valley company completed in first days of July

July 6, 2023

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

Dog-waste removal company scoops up competitor

Scoop Troop moves to 12,500-square-foot East Central location

July 6, 2023

Karina Elias

Scoop Troop LLC, a Spokane-based business that provides dog-waste removal services, has acquired Dooky's Pet Waste Removal, says Scoop Troop co-founder and president William Milliken. The $54,000 acquisition took effect July 1 and helps expand the

Providential Solutions emphasizes DEI in therapy

Small counseling practice established to fill void

July 6, 2023

Karina Elias

Charina Carothers, a licensed independent clinical social worker and owner of Providential Solutions LLC, says she has had clients reach out to her because they need someone who understands what it is like to be of a different ethnicity.

New CEO helms Inland Imaging billing affiliate

Pat Atwal says she's excited to take lead in team environment

July 6, 2023

Erica Bullock

Spokane-based CBO has hired Pat Atwal as the revenue cycle management company's new CEO, who she says will be responsible for scaling operations and services and expanding customers. Atwal says, 'I realized it was just the perfect thing at the

Tin Roof owners to bring back furniture outlet

ReSkued to sell returned, discontinued products

July 6, 2023

Dylan Harris

Acme TV Home & Office plans to reopen its furniture outlet store, ReSkued, in a new building to be constructed at 1722 E. Riverside, in Spokane's Sprague Union District. ReSkued has been closed since May 2021, after operating as a clearance and

Northwest Specialty Hospital expands footprint

New facilities planned, in progress in Post Falls, Rathdrum, Liberty Lake

July 6, 2023

Keith Erickson

Northwest Specialty Hospital is expanding with construction of a 9,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center and other new facilities and services planned or under way in Kootenai and Spokane counties. The new Post Falls facility, located at

Minds-i engineers new ag-tech device

Self-driving farm tractor could be entry into new market for Liberty Lake company

July 6, 2023

Erica Bullock

Minds-i Inc., a Liberty Lake robotics, drone, and education resources company, is gearing up to release a new self-driving robot that could launch the company into the agricultural-technology market, say husband-and-wife cofounders