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When older adults go back to school

Career change, love of learning top lists of retirees' motivations

September 25, 2014

Dr. Erik Strandness studied and practiced neonatal intensive-care medicine in Spokane for 25 years before retiring at the age of 51, in 2009, to pursue a graduate degree in theology at Whitworth University. After graduating in 2011, he took a position w

Gold Reserve awarded $740 million in Venezuelan mine dispute

Legal battle with South American country finally might be nearing end

September 25, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mine-exploration company that sued the Venezuelan government after that country seized the company's primary mining property, has been awarded $740.3 million in compensation for the loss, says company President Doug

Environmental law pioneer moves toward sunset of career

Cd'A attorney Scott Reed ending 58-year practice

September 25, 2014

Mike McLean

At the age of 86, longtime Coeur d'Alene attorney Scott Reed finally decided earlier this year to retire, although he admits he's not very good at it yet. Though he's not taking new cases, the sole practitioner known even by friends as an environme

Small Business Watch

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September 11, 2014

Staff Report

$19.2 million expansion at Sacred Heart advances - Art Only

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September 11, 2014

Mike McLean

Method Juice CafÃ© squeezes out a niche

Downtown restaurant seeks out sustainable ingredients, supplies

September 11, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Tyler Lafferty and Nick Murto, arguably two of Spokane's busiest entrepreneurs, are intensely passionate about socially responsible business practices as well as sustainability and good health, a few reasons they opened Method Juice CafÃ© two years ago

Pitching prosperity as priority

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September 11, 2014

Mike Flynn

The presidents of three major business organizations in the state went on the road this summer, logging 1,000 miles by car to visit with business people in a dozen communities in an effort to create a common strategic focus for not just the coming legisla

STA Plaza review must stay focused

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September 11, 2014

Staff Report

Downtown business interests must be laser-focused in their analyses of the proposed Spokane Transit Authority Plaza renovation and must use their influence to ensure development of a safe, vibrant public space in the city's core from which buses move ef

Providence Holy Family in mediation with union

Nurses' wages said to lag behind Sacred Heart's

September 11, 2014

Judith Spitzer

The Seattle-based Washington State Nurses Association, which represents more than 400 registered nurses at Providence Holy Family Hospital in north Spokane, are in mediation talks with hospital administrators over pay that they contend lags behind that of

Insurance broker aims to simplify Obamacare

Welk writes book, creates website to aid consumers

September 11, 2014

Kim Crompton

Independent insurance broker Robert S. Welk, who owns Welk Security & Trust on Spokane's North Side, isn't interested in offering his personal views on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as the Affordable Care Act or O