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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Longtime employee buys R&R Custom photo lab

New owner intends to expand products
February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
R&R Custom Lab 2 Inc., which does business as R&R Custom Color Lab, has changed hands. Former owner Steve Riffle retired and sold the business to new owners Erin and Brent Cramer at the beginning of the year.
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STARS shows integrated behavioral health facility

New location to offer 64 beds for crisis treatment, withdrawal management
February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Spokane Treatment & Recovery Services plans to build a 64-bed, 42,000-square-foot integrated behavioral health treatment facility and medical clinic on East Nora Avenue, in Spokane Valley, and will hire up to 100 new employees to staff the facility.
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Angel alliance launches fourth fund

Spokane-area investment group raises $2.75 million
February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
A group of investors has pooled their resources to help launch regional startups through Kick-Start IV, the fourth such angel investment fund composed of Spokane investors.
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SECURE Act takes down the stretch

Provision removal makes it harder to sock away generational wealth
February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
The new federal SECURE Act makes it harder to sock away generational wealth on a tax-deferred basis, which creates the need to plan more carefully when giving or receiving an inheritance.
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Having survived crypto winter, Krambu thrives

Idaho startup to expand with Newport data center
February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
A 3-year-old startup based in Dalton Gardens has been making waves in the supercomputing industry, growing so rapidly in its short existence that it has expanded with a new location in northeast Washington.
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New vision is in works for downtown Spokane

Parking, housing are focus of plan update
February 13, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Parking structures replace surface parking lots in the city's core. A cultural trail through the center of downtown informs and inspires residents and visitors to a more broadly defined downtown Spokane, expanded to include the North Bank, as well as
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Georgia company acquires Wittkopf Landscaping

Landscape company name, staff to remain intact under SiteOne
January 30, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Roswell, Georgia-based SiteOne Landscape Supply has acquired Spokane Valley-based Wittkopf Enterprises Inc., which does business as Wittkopf Landscape Supplies. The companies completed the transaction on Jan. 2. Former owners Larry and Kristy Wittkopf
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