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Dentists can be first line of defense in diagnosing diabetes

Studies show link between periodontal disease, Type 2 diabetes, other illnesses

August 25, 2011

Thankfully, many of us have dental insurance allowing us to visit the dentist twice a year. Most of us take advantage of this opportunity because it's paid for by our employers. We go because we want our smiles bright and white. We go for the free

VA seeks partner to develop housing for homeless vets

Special lease proposed for land near hospital in northwest Spokane

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a public or private developer to build and manage permanent housing for homeless veterans on underused land at its hospital campus in northwest Spokane.Cheryl Wood, chief of engineering at a

Inland Imaging inks deal with small hospital

Spokane group provides all radiology services for six medical centers now

August 25, 2011

Linn Parish

Spokane-based Inland Imaging LLC has signed a contract to provide radiology services at Samaritan Hospital, in Moses Lake, Wash.Sarah Russell, chief operations officer at Inland Imaging, says the company started handling the hospital's radiology

Hospital in Sandpoint buys longtime downtown car lot

Consultant hired to study priorities for expanding Bonner General services

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

Bonner General Hospital, in Sandpoint, says it has bought a 2-acre lot in the heart of the North Idaho city's downtown and plans to expand there.The parcel formerly was owned and occupied by Taylor-Parker Motor Co., now Taylor & Sons Chevrolet.

The lowest of low, the highest of high

Physiatrist travels solo from Death Valley to peak of Mount Whitney in trek for troubled teens' fund

August 25, 2011

Treva Lind

When Dr. Lisa Bliss, of Spokane, started a solo trek this summer from Death Valley to the top of Mount Whitney, all on foot, she knew failure could be the outcome.For one, she would be pulling or pushing a 200-plus-pound cart filled mostly with

Cancer Care to build new Valley clinic

Larger, $8.5 million center will enable practice to add radiation treatments there

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

Cancer Care Northwest PS, a prominent Spokane-area cancer-treatment provider, says it plans to expand its Spokane Valley presence with a new 20,000-square-foot center to be built near Valley Hospital & Medical Center.Warren Benincosa, Cancer the

Mental health crisis cases

More psychiatric patients turn to ERs for help due to economy, fewer options

August 25, 2011

Chey Scott

Spokane-area mental health practitioners say they've seen a noticeable increase over the last several years in the number of crisis-level psychiatric patients who are seeking immediate care at hospital emergency rooms and other crisis-response this

HUD awards $3.6 million to agency

Colville tribe housing entity will use federal funds for upgrades, other purposes

August 25, 2011

Mike McLean

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $3.6 million to the Colville Indian Housing Authority, the low-income housing entity of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.Elena Bassett, executive director of the

Rendering courtesy of Russell C. Page Architects PS

Big tire facility planned - Art only

August 25, 2011

Huntsville, N.C.-based American Tire Distributors Inc. is scheduled to open a 110,000-square-foot distribution center, illustrated here, by early 2012 in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, in Spokane Valley. Vandervert Construction Inc., of is

Icon wins $1.7 million job to replace roofs for STA

Spokane Valley contractor starting work this month on two buildings on Boone

August 25, 2011

Treva Lind

Icon Corp., a Spokane Valley-based commercial roofer, has won a $1.7 million contract to replace the roofing on two Spokane Transit Authority buildings located on West Boone Avenue.The company was scheduled to start the roofing project in early