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Guest Editorial about the Jensen-Byrd Building
Personal Histories
Two local writers with very different styles and an overlapping biography win the same big fellowship
Personal Histories
Two local writers with very different styles and an overlapping biography win the same big fellowship
Eating a slice of history in “downtown” Wallace, Idaho
How some extraordinary local people are paying it forward
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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
MAC wants Rodgers to return
Rights groups sue over drone killings
Suu Kyi to receive highest civilian honor
U.S. company benefits from shipwreck
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Northwest Maps, which for the past several years served as Spokane’s primary option for buying topographical and recreation maps, has closed its retail shop.
The business had operated for years in downtown Spokane before moving to East Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley. Owner Steve Mitrovich said he sold his inventory to Metsker Maps, a specialty shop in Seattle’s Pioneer Square.
Mitrovich said he will continue to sell Northwest Maps’ line of area atlases and marketing maps through an Internet- and phone-only business. The company will take orders at www.nwmaps.com or (509) 455-6981.
Mitrovich said he closed the store, at 10525 E. Sprague Ave., on July 1 because the number of people needing recreation maps has dwindled and the business became seasonal. The volume of maps and books sold through the store was not large enough to justify running the brick-and-mortar business, he said.
Many recreationists order and print maps directly from websites such as USGS.gov and the Forest Service online map service, he said.
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| Jane Goodall is seen with Gombe chimpanzee Freud |
Tribes discuss climate change
Global warming solutions sought by scientists, natives
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Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review
Snoqualmie Pass formally opened for automobile traffic after “two years of unceasing effort.” A cavalcade of 30 autos made the trip from Ellensburg to the west slopes of the Cascades.
The road was declared to be in “first-class shape,” but it was not intended to be permanent. It was built to last two years, at which point an appropriation was expected from the state to improve the road and make it a part of the highway system.
The route involved a ferry ride over Lake Keechelus, which cost motorists $2.50 per vehicle.
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State gains jobs; jobless rate unchanged
OLYMPIA – Washington saw continued job growth last month, but state officials said Wednesday that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.3 percent.
According to numbers released by the state Employment Security Department, there was an estimated net gain of 10,200 jobs from May to June, with the biggest growth in professional and business services, manufacturing, and leisure and hospitality.
State gains jobs; jobless rate unchanged
OLYMPIA – Washington saw continued job growth last month, but state officials said Wednesday that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.3 percent.
According to numbers released by the state Employment Security Department, there was an estimated net gain of 10,200 jobs from May to June, with the biggest growth in professional and business services, manufacturing, and leisure and hospitality.
Windows 8 will be launched Oct. 26
NEW YORK – Microsoft says Windows 8 will go on sale Oct. 26. The upgrade to its operating system is designed to work better with touch screens and on tablet computers.
Microsoft announced the date in a blog post and at its annual sales meeting Wednesday. Microsoft is releasing the software as a downloadable upgrade that day for PC owners and is letting PC makers start selling computers with Windows 8 the same day.
As an upgrade for users of Windows XP, Vista or 7, Windows 8 will cost $40. That’s much less than Microsoft Corp. has charged for previous operating system upgrades. People who bought a Windows 7 computer on June 2 or later can upgrade for $15.
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Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
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The Skyway Cafe takes up one end of the
historic terminal building at Felts Field.
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The former Green-Hughes Printing Co. building at 19 W.
Pacific Ave. in Spokane has been upgraded as a modern office building. It will be the future home of KPBX radio. |
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