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Heart attack symptoms more insidious in women

Fatigue, feeling sick more common than chest pain

January 19, 2017

A month before actress Carrie Fisher died due to complications from a heart attack, a staff writer for Great Britain's daily newspaper, The Guardian, said in an article that his in-person interview with Fisher had to be canceled and had to be done by p

Guest Commentary with Dave Rowles: 'If I can make it there' â€¦ wait, what?

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January 19, 2017

Guest Commentary

For several years I have been dutifully sending cartoons to The New Yorker, only to have them dutifully rejected by the editors. I finally decided that I needed to go to New York and hand-deliver my cartoons. This, I thought, would be my big chance to be

Spokane's University District seeks new leader

Meantime, Garco awarded $9.3 million bridge project

January 19, 2017

Mike McLean

Just as the city of Spokane has awarded a contract to begin construction of the long-envisioned University District Gateway Bridge, district representatives are looking to replace the person in charge of guiding and promoting U District development. Mark

Trovato Interiors LLC: Interior discoveries

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January 19, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Valley design consultant Susan Usai has years of retail experience working with homeowners to improve the furnishings and look of their residences, so finally getting to operate her own furnishings store was like a dream come true, she says. She

WorkSource looks to add flexibility, efficiency

Relaxed federal laws streamline assistance

January 19, 2017

Administrators at WorkSource, Spokane's longtime employment and worker retraining agency, say recent changes in federal laws have given it the ability to create a more practical employment and training center for their customers. 'The changes in the

The Journal's View: Turning Fairchild Air Force Base's loss into nice gain

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January 19, 2017

Staff Report

Fairchild Air Force Base supporters have been putting so much effort into positioning the base to be an ideal host for next-generation KC-46A Pegasus aerial tankers that the U.S. Air Force's reported decision to place them elsewhere can't help but sti

Low vacancy rates drive up rents

Rising prices put majority of tenants in 'cost-burdened' category

January 19, 2017

Mike McLean

While hundreds of new apartment units are planned and under construction here, the apartment vacancy rate remains low, and more than half of Spokane-area renters pay more than 30 percent of their income on rent. U.S. Census Bureau numbers show 52.2 perce

Project on KXLY site poised to start

Grocer first to commit to South Hill shopping center

January 19, 2017

Mike McLean

A broadcast media company and a pair of Spokane commercial real estate brokers are teaming up to develop a retail center on 17 acres of land on the upper South Hill. Carl Guenzel, a broker with Kiemle & Hagood who is involved in the project, says the dev

Foreclosures in Spokane area rose last year

Increase follows big drop in defaults during 2015

January 19, 2017

Linn Parish

Completed foreclosures in Spokane County increased in 2016, following a precipitous decline the previous year. The Spokane County Auditor's Office recorded 778 foreclosures last year, up 9 percent from 714 foreclosures in 2015. While the number of d

Inland Northwest stock composite finishes strong

Itron, Potlatch lead bump in market capitalization

January 19, 2017

Hart Capital Management Inc., of Spokane, says the composite value of the 10 publicly traded Inland Northwest companies rose to $10.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of $286 million, or 3 percent, from the previous quarter. It's the