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WEBMeet & Greet: Colleen Dixon, CEO of Selkirk Pharma Inc. The Journal sat down with Colleen Dixon, the new CEO of Spokane-based Selkirk Pharma Inc., to discusswhat the company has been up to in the last couple of years and what Dixon is focused on accomplishing in her new post. Latest News.
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WEBSep 17, 2024 · Schweitzer Engineering plans 400-person hiring spree. Pullman, Washington-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. has announced it’s initiating an accelerated hiring program through which the company plans to bring on 400 new employees, about 240 of whom will be in Eastern Washington and northern Idaho. September 17, 2024.
Horizon Credit Union to expand operations in Spokane Valley
WEBDec 15, 2022 · Spokane Valley-based Horizon Credit Union is renovating its headquarters and constructing a new facilities-management and storage building in Spokane Valley’s Mirabeau neighborhood. Combined, the remodel and new construction projects are valued at about $1.6 million, according to permit information on file with the city of Spokane Valley.
Spokane's cost of living drops below average
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Spokane’s cost-of-living index came in at 99.1 in the first quarter of 2024. If a community’s index is below 100, it is less expensive than average to live there, and if it’s over 100, it’s more expensive. Spokane’s cost-of-living index was just over 101 in the first quarter of 2023. For comparison, the Kennewick-Richland, Washington ...
New Spokane Business Association names first CEO - Spokane …
WEBAug 1, 2024 · The recently formed Spokane Business Association has named Gavin Cooley, former longtime chief financial officer for the city of Spokane, as its new CEO.. In his new role, Cooley will be responsible for implementing and leading the organization’s initiatives, which aim to help improve public safety, cleanliness, and economic stability in the city of Spokane and to create a welcoming ...
Real Estate Economic Outlooks | Spokane Journal of Business
WEBDec 21, 2023 · As of Dec. 5, the number of active listings was up 3.6% from a year earlier, according to the snapshot. In the Spokane area, the median single-family home price was $407,750 in November, growing 3.2% from the year-earlier month, according to the latest Spokane Realtors' Home Sales Report. Fro m January …
STARS plans integrated behavioral health facility
WEBMarch 26, 2020. Virginia Thomas. 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. Executive director Blake Redding says the organization intends to build the facility on ...
Spokane's proposed aerospace center named 'tech hub'
WEBOctober 23, 2023. Linn Parish. A proposed advanced aerospace manufacturing center in Spokane has received a federal designation as a “regional technology and innovation hub,” enabling advocates to pursue up to $70 million in federal funding for the project. As the Journal reported in August, the Inland Northwest Consortium, led by Gonzaga ...
Spokane County's population grows faster than expected
WEBJul 28, 2022 · Here are three observations of population trends in 2022 compared with 2010. •The city of Spokane’s share of the county population has slipped from 44% to 42%. •The share of the population in incorporated areas has remained level at around 70%. •Airway Heights and Liberty Lake have been the growth-rate winners; their shares of the ...
Construction season underway in Spokane County - Spokane …
WEBApr 25, 2024 · Multiple projects for the $1.67 billion North Spokane Corridor are already underway or expected to begin this year. *A new segment of highway stretching south from the North Spokane Corridor’s current end location at Columbia Avenue to the Spokane River is being constructed. Construction for this project is valued at about $60 million.