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Taking steps to 'go green'

More than just saving energy, businesses here are finding ways to be more eco-friendly

September 3, 2009

While it's become common for businesses to seek energy efficiency by upgrading lighting, windows, and air systems, what's less known are the other, often innovative, efforts they're making to "go green." And they say those things aren't just the to

Mortgage loan services concern takes larger quarters in Spokane Valley

September 3, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

UPF Services LLC, a provider of services to real estate lenders, has moved its offices to 12410 E. Mirabeau Parkway, in Spokane Valley, from its former location at 910 W. Boone, in Spokane. The Spokane Valley-based business, which serves mostly

Architecture, engineering firm moves to larger space in Courtyard Center

September 3, 2009

Mike McLean

AHBL Inc., a Tacoma-based landscape architecture, engineering, and land-surveying firm, has moved its Spokane office to larger quarters and plans to add to its staff, says Len Zickler, an AHBL principal here.Zickler says the company's newly in a

Rendering courtesy of Bernardo Wills Architects PC

Bissinger Building project starts - Art only

September 3, 2009

Gary Bernardo and Bob Wills, majority owners of the Spokane firm Bernardo Wills Architects PC, have launched a renovation and expansion project, illustrated here, at the Bissinger Building, at 153 S. Jefferson, which they bought. Vandervert Inc., a

Halme submits lowest bid for West Plains water line job

Davenport contractor tabbed for $2.9 million city of Spokane project

September 3, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Halme Construction Inc., of Davenport, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $2.9 million, for a city of Spokane contract to complete the second and final phase of a project that will extend a water line that eventually could provide city water

Study finds link between less sleep, higher blood pressure

Newly released findings stemmed from research on middle-aged adults

September 3, 2009

Middle-aged adults who sleep fewer hours appear more likely to have high blood pressure and to experience adverse changes in blood pressure over time, says a report that appeared in a spring issue of the journal Archives of Internal one-third of or

St. Luke's north clinic moves to larger space, changes role

Outpatient center adds staff, refocuses treatment toward injured workers

September 3, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has moved its North Side clinic to larger quarters, added staff, and changed its mission to focus on treating patients with work-related injuries, says Dave Cox, program manager for the Luke's at a

Senior wellness event set for SCC Sept. 10

September 3, 2009

PED Inc., a Spokane-based nonprofit corporation dedicated to promoting life-enhancing wellness programs for seniors, will host its 15th annual daylong senior wellness conference on Sept. 10, at Spokane Community College. PED Executive Director

Study touts health benefit of fatty fish

Once-weekly consumption lowers men's risk of heart failure, latest data show

September 3, 2009

Eating salmon or other fatty fish just once a week helped reduce men's risk of heart failure, a study shows, adding to growing evidence that omega-3 fatty acids are of benefit to cardiac health. Led by researchers at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess

Rockwood Clinic plays role in clinical trial of H1N1 vaccine

Testing to determine optimum drug dosage focuses on children

September 3, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Rockwood Clinic PS, of Spokane, is participating in a clinical study of a vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus, commonly referred to as swine flu, to determine what dose would allow the maximum number of American children to be treated most effectively a