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More seniors found to get flu shots after reminders, urging

Review finding is based on old data; less prodding might be required now

October 7, 2010

Personalized postcards or phone calls can be effective in encouraging more seniors to get their annual flu shots, a new review of evidence suggests. Professional facilitators also are successful at urging providers to perform a suite of preventive

Recession can trigger hasty decisions

Some wait too long to initiate long-term care, making in-home care, assisted-living not viable

October 7, 2010

Kim Frlan

The long-standing question of when is the best time to move an elderly adult to an assisted-living facility is being complicated by the poor economy, say those in the retirement industry. With plummeting personal investment portfolios and home a

First wave of boomers approaches 65

Gerontology expert says transition likely to change face of medicine nationally

October 7, 2010

News Wise

January 2011 marks a significant milestone for the baby-boomer generation when its first members, born in 1946, begin the year in which they will celebrate their 65th birthdays. The boomers' transition into the years that traditionally denote of

Long-term care option stimulates hope, skepticism

CLASS Act insurance plan aims to help people stay independent at home

October 7, 2010

Mike McLean

A relatively unknown provision in the massive national health-care bill that became law earlier this year creates the country's first public-option long-term care insurance program, and the program is being eyed with hope and skepticism, depending

Greenstone starts upscale homes project

Value of 140-acre, 12-lot development at Liberty Lake said to exceed $12 million

October 7, 2010

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based real estate development company, says it's developing a 12-lot residential subdivision, named MacKenzie Beach, on the east side of Liberty Lake. The estimated value of the 140-acre development is more $12

Massive structure removed for Boundary Dam project

Specialized contractors assist Seattle City Light in $1.5 million in jobs

October 7, 2010

Kim Frlan

In a project that involves Spokane contractors and engineers, a 312-ton metal structure has been lifted from 200 feet beneath the surface of the reservoir behind Boundary Dam, in northeast Washington, to a concrete slab for a year-long, $1.5 dam, a

Small Business Watch

October 7, 2010

Board-sports store opens on Hastings Let It Ride, a shop that specializes in snowboards, wakeboards, skateboards, and board-sport related clothing and accessories, has opened at 101 E. Hastings Rd., just east of Mead High in a space in

Apple's planting finds fertile ground

October 7, 2010

Editor's Notebook

No matter how intent you might be on not drinking the corporate marketing Kool-Aid, or cider in this case, you can't help but marvel at a company that has developed the near-rabid brand popularity enjoyed by Apple Inc.Consumers' love affair with

SIA to update master plan, outlining growth for 30 years

Airport awards $800,000 contract to Wisconsin firm Mead & Hunt Inc.

October 7, 2010

Chey Scott

Spokane International Airport has begun updating its master plan, a guiding document that covers such topics as a third runway, terminal and parking improvements, and further development on airport land, says airport spokesman Todd Woodard.The &

New gym opens in Global Fitness' former location

October 7, 2010

Chey Scott

The former North Side Global Fitness outlet that closed in July has reopened as The Fitness Center Inc.Gene Cavender, who owns the new venture with Fred Lopez and Joey Fenske, says they spent about $400,000 updating the 33,000-square-foot which