Valley Medical Center of Lewis-Clark Valley Plans Clarkston Clinic Expansion

Valley Medical Center, in the Lewis-Clark Valley, plans to double the size of its Clarkston clinic. The $500,000 project will allow the clinic, which provides pediatric and immediate care, to meet growing needs in the community. The project will nearly double the footprint of the 2,400-square-foot, single-story building by adding 2,200 square feet on the west side.

Visit http://labor.idaho.gov or www.valleymedicalcenter.com to learn more.

Deaconess Hospital to Build Ambulatory Health Care Center in North Spokane

Deaconess Hospital is building a $5.2 million ambulatory health care center on the north side of Spokane.

The hospital plans to erect a single-story building with 12,700 square feet of space. The $3.7 million project should be completed next spring. Deaconess is also remodeling and expanding the emergency department at its main hospital.

To learn more, read the Journal of Business article.

Grain Cooperatives to Build Major Rail Loading Facility Near Spokane

Five grain cooperatives in Central and Eastern Washington will build a major rail loading facility on the West Plains to ship wheat on BNSF Railway lines. The $26.4 million project will protect existing shipping rates for growers in the region.

The facility will assemble 110-car trains for shipment on BNSF lines. In addition, the project is seeking government funding for 6.9 miles of short line track improvements from the facility to Cheney at a cost of $6 million.

Read the Spokesman-Review article to learn more.

Aero-Flite to Relocate Headquarters to Spokane

Aero-Flite Inc., a company that flies and maintains tankers that fight wildfires around the country, is relocating its headquarters from Arizona to the Spokane International Airport.

Aero-Flite will move four airplanes from Arizona and create 50 local jobs. Company officials expect to bring 17 mechanics and five management personnel with them, and will be hiring additional mechanics and some pilots.

For more information, read the Spokesman Review article.

NISHB Breaks Ground on New Syringa Medical Campus in Post Falls

North Idaho Surgical Hospital Building (NISHB), LLC, a group of area medical professionals, broke ground on the first building for the new Syringa Medical Campus in Post Falls, Idaho.

 The $2.1 million, 17,000-square-foot two-story building is the first of three medical office buildings planned for the site. The new buildings will complement the existing medical campus that includes Northwest Specialty Hospital and two medical office buildings.

To learn more, visit www.inlandnwbusiness.com.

Teck Resources Limited Restarts Operation of Pend Oreille Mine

Teck Resources Limited restarted operation of its Pend Oreille zinc and lead mine in northeastern Washington State. Recently, the first shipment of zinc and lead was shipped to its nearby Trail Operations in British Columbia for processing.

Pend Oreille has an expected annual production rate of 44,000 tonnes of zinc in concentrate per year. The reopening of the mine will bring an estimated $20 million of local investment during the start-up phase and supports approximately 230 jobs in Pend Oreille County.

For more information, visit www.teck.com.

Architects West Selected to Design $15 million North Idaho College Career Technical Education Facility

The Coeur d’Alene-based firm Architects West has been chosen by a committee to design the $15 million, 100,000-square-foot North Idaho College Career Technical Education Facility in Rathdrum.

The facility will house several NIC professional-technical programs that are currently in temporary or tight quarters.

The facility is scheduled for completion by July 2016. For more information on the new facility, visit www.nic.edu.