Special Report

Work to start next month on new Liberty Lake elementary school

$14 million project to take 13 months to complete

January 14, 2016

Central Valley School District plans to start work next month on a $14 million elementary school building at 23909 E. Country Vista Drive, in Liberty Lake.

Boise company selected to make Upriver Dam upgrades

$1.7 million project Involves spillway work

January 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The city of Spokane has named McMillen LLC, a Boise-based engineering and construction company, as the contractor for the $1.7 million second phase in a spillway rehabilitation project at Upriver Dam on the Spokane River.

Light-industrial park to be developed in Post Falls

60-acre gravel pit to be redeveloped

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

Bessie Lane Rentals LLC, a Spokane Valley real estate investment and development company, has bought 60 acres of land at 1101 N. Beck Road, in Post Falls, and plans to develop a light industrial park there, says John Conard, who co-owns the company. Cona

Large-lot neighborhood planned on South Hill

Total value of 67 homes would exceed $40 million

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

An affiliate of Copper Basin Construction Inc., of Hayden, is planning an upscale neighborhood with 67 homesites on large view lots on Spokane's upper South Hill, says a real estate agent who's marketing the 10-lot first phase of the development.

New Kendall Yards buildings proposed

Medical, mixed-use project values total $6.3 million

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

An affiliate of Liberty Lake-based Greenstone Corp. has submitted predevelopment applications to the city of Spokane for two commercial buildings in the early planning stages at Kendall Yards. The structures have a total anticipated construction value of

Spokane-area building permit activity bounces back

2015 topped prior year by 14 percent, but still below 2013 levels

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

The total value of Spokane-area building permits bumped upward in 2015 compared with a year earlier, although falling short of the record high total permit valuation of 2013.

Region's timber industry forges slow, methodical rise

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December 17, 2015

Slow and steady. That's the best way to describe expected, continued growth in U.S. housing starts for 2016, say experts in the wood products industry.

Global wheat surplus tests Inland Northwest market

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December 17, 2015

LeAnn Bjerken

Once again this year, Inland Northwest wheat producers could face a softer post-harvest marketplace moving into next year.

Mining industry keeps eye on prolong price drops

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December 17, 2015

With gold and silver prices having fallen in the last five years, Inland Northwest industry representatives say they aren't anticipating the trend to reverse itself in 2016.

Tech companies grow in maturing markets

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December 17, 2015

A strong entrepreneurial spirit in the technology sector today has contributed to a local and national boom, and that, say some of those in the industry here, is a big reason why the sector continues to blossom.