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Emerging 3-D printers useful in wide array of applications

May 22, 2014

Once perceived as grist for sci-fi aficionados in a distant future, 3-D printing is turning up in unexpected places, in vastly different industries, and with surprising applications from the manufacture of prototypes, to the creation of synthetic body par

Firms here using European travel to promote design fields

Firms here join to launch scholarship for trip abroad

May 22, 2014

Katie Ross

The Spokane office of Seattle-based engineering firm DCI Engineers and Spokane architectural design concern Hurtado|Hissong Design Group LLC have teamed up to develop a scholarship that enables the recipient to travel Europe and blog about engineering and

BC Engineers buys assets of NW Roof Consultants

Hayden company expands services, expects to grow

May 22, 2014

Judith Spitzer

BC Engineers Inc., a Hayden, Idaho, structural engineering company, has purchased the assets of Northwest Roof Consultants Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, and has created a roof consulting division, says Jason Erickson, vice president of BC Engineers. BC En

Transportation bill compromise a must

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May 8, 2014

Staff Report

Washington state legislators-specifically, the state Senate-must pass a transportation funding package as soon as is practical in order to ensure the road projects that need to be completed are carried out in a timely manner. Criticism easily could

Sacred Heart Medical Center nets big savings with lighting upgrade

Nearly 10,000 bulbs have been replaced in project

May 8, 2014

Lucas Thayer

Sacred Heart Medical Center has completed a major phase of a lighting upgrade project at its campus just south of downtown Spokane, replacing nearly 10,000 32-watt fluorescent bulbs with 25-watt bulbs and more energy-efficient fixtures, as well as install

Nonprofit, partners to launch RE:Source sustainability network

Program aims to recycle waste, unused products

May 8, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane educational nonprofit Sustainable Resources Inland Northwest is partnering with businesses and public organizations here to launch a new sustainability project this summer, called RE:Source. RE:Source is what's known as a byproduct synergy net

Market Facts - Art Only

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May 8, 2014

Staff Report

Residential real estate brokerage adds 17 agents

Professional Realty agency also aims to grow in Cd'A

May 8, 2014

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Professional Realty Services Inc., a growing residential real estate brokerage, recently added 17 agents at its Spokane offices, says J.W. Webb, the company's president and designated broker. The company also plans to expand its presence

City breaks ground on Nelson Service Center - Art Only

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May 8, 2014

Staff Report

Kreidler looks to bolster data on medical networks

OIC passes rule designed to benefit health plan users

May 8, 2014

Staff Report

A new rule meant to give consumers more information about health insurers' provider networks has been published by Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. The new regulation applies to all state-regulated health plans offered both ins