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Belmont, WA · Business
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Logistics firms to pay $2M to settle hiring discrimination cases
Two logistics and distribution companies have agreed to pay a combined $2 million to resolve federal employment discrimination cases involving allegations that women and other applicants were denied jobs based on sex, race or national origin. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday that Birchstone Management, a Dallas-based warehousing...
KHQ Right Now
STEM at Work: How Altek turns metal into aircraft and tech parts
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — In the weekly STEM spotlight: Altek in Spokane Valley demonstrated how raw metal is put through machinery to make technology and aircraft parts. The segment focused on machinery at the local company and showed how a metal pallet changed through several steps before becoming a finished product.
KXLYcom 4 News Now
Potential property tax increase
MyNorthwest.com
Starbucks closing 5 Washington stores, cutting 8 Seattle HQ jobs
Starbucks is closing five stores in Washington and cutting eight jobs at its Seattle headquarters. A WARN notice said Starbucks is closing five locations in Seattle, Redmond, Spokane, and Vancouver. The company said these closures are part of those that were previously announced on Sept. 24. MyNorthwest covered the Seattle...
KING 5
Company accused of hiring men only settles with the Feds
spokanepublicradio.org
Lower South Hill project caters to essential workers
Developers and Spokane city leaders this week unveiled new affordable housing that comes with 210 units for essential workers, including retail workers, first-responders and teachers. It’s called Kōz on West 5th and is the largest project to use Washington state’s Parking to People incentive so far, according to Kōz Development.
inlander.com
Boots Bakery & Lounge’s owner shares how a craving for better vegan treats turned into a 14-year-old Spokane staple
Alison Collins never set out to open a bakery, let alone one that would become a destination for vegan and gluten-free food in Spokane. While working behind the bar at Mizuna, where she became known for her creative cocktails, Collins began making vegan desserts for the restaurant’s menu. Soon, customers were coming back for treats they couldn’t find anywhere else in town. What started as a few desserts grew beyond her home kitchen, and with support from friends, loyal customers and community members, Boots Bakery & Lounge opened downtown in 2012. She originally imagined Boots as a small café serving pastries, a few vegan dishes and cocktails. But demand reshaped the business into a fully gluten-free, vegan gathering place built around food, connection and community.
RANGE
How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a newsroom revolt
This report was produced in a collaboration between InvestigateWest and RANGE. When the Spokesman-Review announced plans to transfer Spokane’s 143-year-old, family-owned newspaper to a nonprofit founded by Executive Editor Rob Curley, it took over the front page.
inlander.com
Catch up on some of the largest in-progress and completed construction projects in the Inland Northwest
Neighboring the north Spokane Costco, more than 300 acres near the intersection of Farwell Road and Newport Highway (U.S. Route 2) are being developed into a dynamic, walkable neighborhood known as Mead Works. Led by Greenstone Corporation — the developer behind Kendall Yards in downtown Spokane and the River District...