Virginia Thomas

Liberty Ciderworks, Copeland Architecture go in on new location

Principals of design-build firm, cidery plan to move to new space in January

June 30, 2022

Liberty Ciderworks plans to move its tasting room and facility to a 7,000-square-foot building near downtown that it will share with a design-build architecture and construction company.

Avian flu exacerbates rising poultry, egg prices

Virus compounds labor, supply-chain concerns

June 30, 2022

Virginia Thomas

Consumers can expect their chicken wings and egg salad to cost a little more this summer, due to an outbreak of avian influenza, local industry experts say.

Slate Dental startup to launch flossing device

Electric dental hygiene device backed by Spokane Angel Alliance

June 30, 2022

Virginia Thomas

A Spokane-based company has raised a total of $800,000 in funding for an electric flossing device, which is awaiting patents, and the owners hope to begin sales of the device to consumers by fall.

Never Enough Toys opens in Spokane's North Bank neighborhood

New store offers blast to past for kids, adults

June 16, 2022

Virginia Thomas

A toy store specializing in retro and vintage toys has opened on Spokane's North Bank, at 907 W. Boone. Owners Aaron and Sami Nevers say many adults who enter Never Enough Toys are charmed by the nostalgia of seeing toys from their childhood. 'A

Idaho bank, credit union expand into Spokane

Bank of Idaho, ICCU establish presences here as part of growth plans

June 16, 2022

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Two southeastern Idaho-based financial institutions have moved into the Spokane area in quick succession. Last month, Idaho Falls-based Bank of Idaho agreed to acquire five branches from Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank, including one branch in downtown

Health care employment shows signs of stabilizing

More normal turnover rates still remain years away, industry leaders say

June 16, 2022

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Employment in the health care industry is in a time of transition, industry executives say, and stability is unlikely to occur for a few years to come.

Work begins on Museum of North Idaho's new home

Full J.C. White House project cost nears $10M

June 2, 2022

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The Museum of North Idaho expects to begin work soon on its new home at the historic J.C. White House. Britt Thurman, executive director of the Coeur d'Alene-based museum, says the house, was saved in 2019 from

Several multifamily projects proposed in Spokane

Infill development to rise along Monroe Street

June 2, 2022

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In one of a handful of new multifamily residential projects in Spokane, a local developer is expected to break ground this year on a $4 million, 21-unit urban infill project on a site near downtown, about 1 1/2 blocks north of the Spokane River.

JLL promotes balanced office upgrade guidelines

3-30-300 rule outlines priorities for pricing, improving work spaces

June 2, 2022

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Brokers with the Spokane office of Chicago-based commercial real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. contend Spokane's growth, the current labor market, and varying rates of commercial vacancy make this a good time for employers to upgrade their

HMA CPA to move to larger space in downtown Spokane

HMA has outgrown two smaller offices downtown

June 2, 2022

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Spokane accounting firm HMA CPA PS plans to move elsewhere downtown later this year. HMA shareholder Kevin Sell says the company has signed a 10-year lease on the 10,000-square-foot 10th floor of the 18-story building at 601 W. First, and plans to move