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Virginia Thomas

Reporter Virginia Thomas has worked at the Journal since 2017 and covers the health care industry. As a reporter, she loves learning about Spokane's many growing industries. She enjoys traveling with her husband, snuggling with her cats, and cross stitching.

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2020 Icons: Larry Brown

Fixture of INW restaurant scene re-invented eateries to stay current

March 26, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Spokane restaurateur Larry Brown, 75, got his entrepreneurial start early in life. At age 12, his mother said to him, 'You're old enough to start paying your own way.â€

Vaccine, drug manufacturing startup secures angel funding

Selkirk Pharma raises $9M, eyes first plant

March 26, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Spokane-based injectable-drug manufacturing and packaging startup Selkirk Pharma Inc. has raised $9 million in new angel funding. Meanwhile, the company is considering how the current coronavirus pandemic could affect the construction time line

Losses due to event cancellations, postponements surpass $35M

Some organizers expected bustling second-half rally

March 26, 2020

Virginia Thomas

By Friday, March 20, Spokane had lost more than $35 million in anticipated economic impacts as events that had been scheduled to take place in the Spokane area were canceled or postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

Free Press Publishing acquires two newspapers

Cheney company adds weekly publications in Whitman County, Odessa

March 12, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Cheney-based Free Press Publishing Inc. has acquired two rural Eastern Washington newspapers within the past month. Last month, the company, which publishes the Cheney Free Press weekly newspaper, acquired the Odessa Record.

Parting Thoughts with NAI Black's David Wright

March 12, 2020

Virginia Thomas

David Wright knows Spokane's commercial real estate market well. He's been in commercial property management since 1976 and began working at the downtown Spokane real estate agency that is now NAI Black in 1987.

What to do before saying 'I Do'

Address options such as joint accounts, prenups

March 12, 2020

Virginia Thomas

A wedding is typically a happy event, but what comes afterward can be anything but pleasant, if the newlyweds haven't planned how - or whether - to integrate their financial lives.

Going Viral: Effects of coronavirus drift into Spokane business community

Companies adjust plans, expectations while taking precautions

March 12, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Fear of coronavirus has spread even faster than the virus itself, and Inland Northwest businesses are feeling the impacts both of the fear and the outbreak, through disruptions to supply chains, travel itineraries, and everyday office life.

Sara Lee to buy Cyrus O'Leary's Pies

Airway Heights company will keep name, workers

February 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Oakbrook, Illinois-based Sara Lee Frozen Bakery has agreed to acquire Fresh Foods Corporation of America, the Airway Heights-based company that does business as Cyrus O'Leary's Pies.

St. Luke's Debuts robotic fall-prevention therapy

Patients learn to walk again with ZeroG system

February 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Physical therapist Jaime Hopoi goes into a trust fall. She's on a trajectory to hit the ground face-first, but the robotic system to which her harness is attached stops her and supports her weight while she regains her balance.

All Systems Go at Hotel Indigo

Boutique inn to open after long dormancy

February 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

After a decade of standing vacant and more than two years of remodeling and renovating, the former Otis Hotel building will once again host hotel guests next month, this time under the name Hotel Indigo Spokane.

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