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Rural hospital execs expect more collaboration in future

Stronger ties with urban medical centers are likely during the next decade

February 16, 2012

We asked rural hospital administrators this question: What will be the most profound change in health care during the next 10 years?Tom Martin, superintendent, Lincoln County Public Health District, Davenport, Wash.: One of the greatest rural

Employers with wellness incentives see healthier staffs

Some active employees here are rewarded with insurance premium breaks

February 16, 2012

Chey Scott

Several Spokane-area employers have put in place company wellness-incentive programs that are intended to encourage or reward employees who maintain good health or who are working to establish an active lifestyle.The thought, those employers is

Innovation, demand to fuel personalized medicine progress

Genome research garners strong investment return; tests to get faster, cheaper

February 16, 2012

Charles Buck

Personalized medicine proposes the customization of health care, with decisions and practices being tailored to the individual patient with the use of his or her genetic information and other unique molecular data. In this era of global fueled a

Ferguson Bath debuts expanded showroom

Company adds lighting to its product mix, builds working room displays

February 16, 2012

Mike McLean

Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery recently completed an expansion that triples the size of its showroom in Spokane Valley.The expansion adds 4,000 square feet to the showroom, located at 2304 N. Dollar Road, enabling Ferguson to roll out

Kestell Co. real estate adds agents

February 16, 2012

Mike McLean

Kestell Co. Realtors, a longtime Spokane real estate brokerage, has added eight agents recently, and the company is interviewing two other agents, says Jack Kestell, owner and broker.The new agents come to Kestell from Coldwell Banker Northwest

Emtman concern to develop townhomes

Construction set to begin soon on second phase of Takoda Park project

February 16, 2012

Treva Lind

Takoda Park LLC, a Cheney-based development company owned by former NFL football player Steve Emtman, plans to start work this month on the first eight townhome units in a 39-home second phase of development at the Takoda Park neighborhood, on the

Small Business Watch

February 16, 2012

New hair salon opens at Schade TowersA group of hair stylists who previously worked at Perala's Hair Design has opened a new salon, Tryst Hair Co., in a 2,200-square-foot space in Schade Towers, at 528 E. Spokane Falls Blvd.That space housed

Spokane Valley IT company Intrinium acquires Olympia computer company

Spokane Valley-based network-security firm reports big revenue jump

February 16, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane Valley-based Intrinium Networks & IT Security, which provides information security and other computer network services mostly to businesses, recently acquired an Olympia, Wash.-based computer-service company.Nolan Garrett, Intrinium's he

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MacKay Manufacturing plans to double size of its manufacturing space

Company buys property next to its Valley facility for planned expansion

February 16, 2012

Chey Scott

MacKay Manufacturing Inc., the Spokane Valley-based fabricator of components used in the medical, aerospace, and semiconductor industries, has acquired a parcel next to its headquarters and plans to construct a 22,000-square-foot addition Vice says

Bellevue-based mining company hopes to explore mine site in North Idaho

Mining concern seeks permit to explore site in Cd'A River district

February 16, 2012

Mike McLean

A West Side mining company is seeking a permit from the U.S. Forest Service to explore for gold at a mining claim located in the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District, in Shoshone County.The project site, called Equity in Potosi Placer Test Pit, a