The Spokane Area Workforce Development Council is spearheading Work Ready Spokane, an initiative to combat unemployment locally. The initiative is centered on a program called WorkKeys, a test that measures work-related skills in three core for

Overall quality of heavy-duty trucks has improved substantially in 2011, compared with 2010, but whether these quality gains can be sustained in the face of greater production and new emissions regulations remains in question, according to the J.D.

Greater Spokane Incorporated and its Manufacturer's Roundtable committee will host the first annual Inland Northwest Manufacturing Expo on Oct. 11 and 12 at Spokane Community College. Manufacturers and suppliers from Washington and Idaho will to

A new social networking website aimed specifically at helping baby boomers lead an active and productive life has officially gone live.ActiveEmptyNesters.com is an online community created to help baby boomers whose families have "flown the to X

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine claim to have found the strongest evidence to date that staying physically active helps improve the functioning of heart arteries in older Americans.The findings, published online last in

Trying to stave off senior moments with memory drills and similar brain-boosting activities? An evidence review by researchers suggests that these specific training regimes aren't any better than simple conversations at improving memory in older do

Depending largely on age and income, between 4 and 14 percent of Americans who otherwise would have had adequate income to cover basic expenses in retirement became "at risk" of running short because of the housing and financial crisis of 200809, a

Older men show different responses to weightlifting than their younger counterparts, according to a study published earlier this year in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.The differences include genetic up-regulation of a key to

The question of when to retire has never taken on greater significance.A proposal by the French government last fall to raise the legal retirement age there from 60 to 62 sparked riots, the burning of cars, and smashed storefronts. The age was a