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Spokane-area small businesses look to benefit from CARES Act

Relief slated to be available starting April 3

March 31, 2020

Spokane-area small-business owners are looking into taking advantage of aid offered to them through the CARES Act, says Sheryl McGrath, Spokane-based associate state director of the Washington Small Business Development Center.

STARS plans integrated behavioral health facility

New location to offer 64 beds for crisis treatment, withdrawal management

March 26, 2020

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Spokane Treatment and Recovery Services expects to erect a 64-bed, 42,000-square-foot integrated behavioral health treatment facility and medical clinic on East Nora Avenue, in Spokane Valley, by the middle of next year.

New memory care facility rises at Orchard Crest

48-unit facility on track to be finished by year-end

March 26, 2020

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A $17.5 million memory care facility is rising at Orchard Crest Retirement Community, in Spokane Valley. Susanne Lunt, executive director at Orchard Crest LLC, says the walls of the two-story, 43,400-square-foot building are up, and the roof is mostly

Two mixed-use projects slated in Kendall Yards

Buildings to host 49 units

March 26, 2020

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Liberty Lake-based Greenstone Corp. is working to erect two new mixed-use buildings on Summit Parkway this year and has plans to begin work on a third mixed-use project in that neighborhood. Construction is underway for the Flatiron and the Jefferson

Four projects progress in Mead school district

Two schools to open in fall

March 26, 2020

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With three projects underway and a fourth to begin this spring, Mead School District is in the midst of construction activity valued at more than $100 million. Ned Wendle, district director of facilities and planning, says the $38 million new Highland

Spokane Public Schools projects are on track

Value of ongoing work totals $150 million-plus

March 26, 2020

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Spokane Public Schools is in the midst of several ongoing projects funded by a bond measure passed by Spokane voters in 2018. The largest project, located in northwest Spokane, involves replacing Shaw Middle School and adding

Tribal broadband provider receives FCC funding

Red-Spectrum to expand Benewah County access

March 26, 2020

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The Federal Communications Commission has approved $521,000 in funding over 10 years to be distributed to Red-Spectrum Communications, a broadband provider owned and operated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe.

Bouten Construction lands $43 million middle school project

Work to start this summer in Logan neighborhood

March 26, 2020

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Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, has been selected as the general contractor/construction manâ€“ager for the planned Northeast Middle School, to be constructed in Spokane's Logan neighborhood.

New rules for noncompete agreements take effect

Contracts now subject to salary threshold, term limit

March 26, 2020

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Many business owners are either unaware of a new state law regarding noncompete agreements or are unaware of the scope of the law that went into effect Jan. 1, says Stephen Bergman, of Cooney Law Offices PS, of Spokane.

Q&A with Cindy Vanhoff of Reclaimed Spaces

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March 26, 2020

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Trees are budding just as many in the Spokane area are holing up at home due to coronavirus concerns. If there was any time for spring cleaning and organizing, it's now. For those overwhelmed by the clutter, Cindy Vanhoff offers support and solutions