Scott Maben
SpokesmanReview
Spokane, WA, United States
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Young Post Falls inventor meets his hero, Ellen DeGeneres, leaves with $25,000
Alexander Knoll, a 12-year-old inventor from Post Falls, grew emotional when he met his idol. Dressed in a suit and blue tie, the boy with red hair and freckles broke out in tears → Read More
Spokane County unemployment rate drops to 5.2 percent
Spokane County’s unemployment rate dropped one percentage point, to 5.2 percent, in April. That’s also one point below the April 2016 unemployment rate, the Washington Employment Security Department said Tuesday. → Read More
New branding effort seeks to define Spokane as creative, natural and enterprising
Visit Spokane, the area’s tourism agency, will roll out a new branding campaign this year to boost buzz for the region and showcase the Spokane area’s identity and unique qualities. → Read More
Gonzaga students call on university to divest from fossil fuels
Joining a growing campaign on colleges campuses across the U.S., Gonzaga University student leaders are calling on the Spokane school to divest its $204 million endowment from fossil fuels. → Read More
LabCorp completes purchase of Spokane’s PAML
Just 10 weeks after announcing its intent to buy Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, LabCorp said Thursday it has completed the acquisition. → Read More
Dirty jeans, not dirt cheap
Perhaps you should hold off washing your dirty jeans this weekend. That grubby look is in, according to the style wizards at Nordstrom and other fashion houses. → Read More
Idaho firm’s key puts online security in a user’s hands
The Qkey, from Sandpoint-based uQontrol, is a chip-enabled device that plugs into any USB port and allows the owner to store credit-card information and access online shopping sites without sharing private data that can be stolen. → Read More
Sandpoint’s Quest Aircraft taps aviation veteran to lead company
Quest Aircraft Company in Sandpoint has named aviation veteran Robert H. Wells its new CEO. → Read More
Spokane region sees strong growth in jobs, labor force
Spokane County’s unemployment rate rose sharply in December to 6.3 percent, up from 5.6 percent in November, the Washington Employment Security Department said Tuesday. → Read More
Workforce in Idaho near full employment as jobless rate drops to 3.7 percent
The unemployment rate in Idaho ticked even lower in December, to 3.7 percent, after five straight months at 3.8 percent. A year ago the seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 3.9 percent. → Read More
Global firm buys Liberty Lake energy storage company
A Liberty Lake company that makes energy storage systems for office buildings and other large electricity consumers has been acquired by Enel, a global energy giant based in Rome. → Read More
Spokane-based etailz Inc. announces layoffs
Spokane-based etailz Inc. is laying off 8 percent of its employees under a restructuring, the company said Thursday. → Read More
Gee Automotive acquires Ron Tonkin Dealerships in Oregon
Gee Automotive Companies, the regional auto dealership group founded in Spokane, will become one of the largest dealership groups on the West Coast with the acquisition of Ron Tonkin Dealerships in Portland, Oregon. → Read More
Post-election, pot is one toke over the stateline for most of Idaho
Idaho is an island of abstinence on the legal weed frontier. The state shares 77 percent of its border with pot-friendly states, made even friendlier Tuesday with victories for looser marijuana laws in Nevada and Montana. → Read More
Kootenai County sheriff headed to 2nd term, Bingham leads in commission race
Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger appeared poised to win re-election Tuesday as he jumped to a big lead in early results over challenger Tina Kunishige of Coeur d’Alene. Wolfinger had 79 percent of the vote in the first returns released late Tuesday night. → Read More
Court testimony: Hutto admitted being present at Kirk homicide
David E. Hutto admitted to investigators he was present when William “Bo” Kirk was killed on Oct. 22, according to court testimony unsealed by a judge Monday. → Read More
Armed man shoots self outside Post Falls megachurch
A man shot himself in the chest outside a Post Falls megachurch Sunday while hundreds of worshippers were on lockdown inside a nearby building. → Read More
N. Idaho doctor knew nothing of stripper wife's drug empire
Dr. Stanley Toelle and his wife Loren Toelle lived in different worlds, linked at the least by his money and her ambition and appetite for fun. → Read More
Coeur d’Alene doctor knew nothing of stripper wife’s drug empire
Dr. Stanley Toelle’s money flowed freely to support the lifestyle of his Las Vegas wife, Loren. In a court statement, she says he had no idea she was involved in a multistate drug trafficking and money laundering enterprise that distrubuted heroin, methamphetamine and oxycodone pills in Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, Missoula and other cities. → Read More
Hayden man arrested on gun charge lived in same house as Bo Kirk’s alleged killer
A Hayden man in federal custody on a weapons violation resides at the home searched by police Friday in connection with the William “Bo” Kirk homicide, records show. → Read More