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Umpqua Bank-Sterling Bank transition plan looms

Portland bank to roll out retail-store concept at Sterling sites
Mike McLean
It likely will be another eight months or so before Umpqua Bank logos start showing up at Sterling Bank locations here, assuming Umpqua's proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sterling meets regulatory approval.Umpqua, though, expects to capitalize
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PAML offers prenatal test to detect genetic concerns

Spokane-based diagnostics lab partners with Californiacompany for new screening
Staff Report
Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based diagnostics laboratory, says it has begun offering a new noninvasive prenatal test to check for genetic fetal abnormalities, such as the one that causes Down syndrome.PAML says the
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Breast cancer surgeons, plastic surgeons team up

Oncoplasty coordinates removal, reconstruction in one procedure
Linn Parish
For some breast cancer sufferers, a relatively new procedure that coordinates cancer removal and breast reconstruction has proven to be a viable option.Dr. Heidi Richardson, a breast surgeon with Rockwood Health System who is a member of the at
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Cooking up personal care

Pilgrim's Market classes draw female customers, provide healthy skin tips
Treva Lind
Pilgrim's Market employees Sue McMahon and Jen Plum regularly teach women about cooking methods in classes held at the Coeur d'Alene natural health products store, although the results from the recipes they demonstrate rarely get taste the two tips
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Mixed-use structure slated to be built in Perry district

Construction to start this fall on two-story, $1.3 million building
Treva Lind
Spokane-based KCLH LLC says it plans to develop a two-story, 13,000-square-foot mixed-use building in the South Perry Business District, on Spokane's South Hill, that currently is envisioned to house a mix of commercial and residential project site
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Spokane team set to expand WSU apartment complex

$16 million project will upgrade, add 17 units to Chief Joseph Village
Mike McLean
A Spokane-based construction team has started work on a $16 million renovation and expansion of the Chief Joseph Village apartment complex on the Washington State University campus, in Pullman, says Louise Sweeney, a project manager for the Spokane
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STCU readies new branch project at Cd'A retail center

Credit union here has two other projects under way, planned in Spokane area
Treva Lind
Spokane Teachers Credit Union, of Liberty Lake, says it will begin construction within the next 18 months on a branch at The CrossRoads Coeur d'Alene retail center, which will have a WinCo Foods outlet as the anchor store.In the retail complex,
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Ginno wins $4.2 million job to renovate school in Cd'A

Work includes classroom remodel, new library, lab, gym at Bryan Elementary
Mike McLean
The Coeur d'Alene School District has awarded Ginno Construction, of Coeur d'Alene, a $4.2 million contract to remodel and expand Bryan Elementary School, says Laura Rumpler, a district spokeswoman.The project will include remodeling the complex
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Cd'A developer to build 20 rental homes on 1.6-acre lot

Pocket-house designation for land use encourages infill on some city parcels
Mike McLean
Coeur d'Alene residential developer Jon Harper, doing business as Qualitas Co., has obtained building permits to construct 20 small rental homes on a 1.6-acre lot.The project site is located at 3516 N. Mountain Lane, north of Lunceford Avenue, a
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