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Manufacturing on the upswing

Some manufacturers see sales increase, still cautious about future

November 4, 2010

Manufacturers here say they've started seeing slow but steady growth and recovery in both the local and national market, and are hopeful about 2011, though cautiousness remains.The national press has been reporting for some time that has been I

Cleanup plan dulls mining's glow

With metals outlook good, new EPA plan triggers worry

November 4, 2010

Paul Read

North Idaho's Silver Valley is poised for renewed prosperity in mining—and the highly paid jobs that industry brings—but the most recent proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up historic mining pollution there that

Can radio tags help prevent left-behind surgery sponges?

Retail-like systems could complement manual count of sponges after surgery

October 21, 2010

News Wise

Using the same technology found in clothing tags used in retail-store tracking systems, a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that surgical sponges with implanted radio frequency (RF) tags may be an effective adjunct to

Rockwood opens two Valley clinics, plans for more growth

Operations will house 11 rotating specialty doctors, be near Valley Hospital

October 21, 2010

Chey Scott

Rockwood Clinic PS, the Community Health Systems-owned doctors group here, plans to open a new specialty clinic next month across the street from Valley Hospital & Medical Center.To be called Rockwood Valley Specialty Center, the office will be

Health district seeks county ban on e-cig sales to minors

Agency worries nicotine, delivery device can be bought easily by youths

October 21, 2010

Mike McLean

The Spokane Regional Health District is asking Spokane County and the cities within it to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes and nicotine to minors. The district claims that its call to outlaw electronic-cigarette sales to minors is the first of

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VA center to erect $6.5 million addition

New building in northwest Spokane said needed to meet growing demand for psychological services

October 21, 2010

Mike McLean

The Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center says it expects to start construction this month on a $6.5 million outpatient mental-health building that will provide space for its behavioral health services to meet the growing psychological needs of a

CT, MRI use up in ER, but not diagnoses

AMA article examines use of advanced radiology's benefits versus downsides

October 21, 2010

News Wise

From 1998 to 2007, the use of CT or MRI scans in emergency departments for injury-related conditions increased about threefold without a similar increase in the prevalence of the diagnosis of certain life-threatening trauma-related conditions, says

New HIV medicines are making for better lives

Spokane doctors say new medications are less toxic, more effective

October 21, 2010

Chey Scott

Due to advances in medicine and the administration of more personalized treatments, people with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) aren't just able to live longer: Many are able to live what some practitioners here describe as normal of those a

Antiques mall moves to space on Division

October 21, 2010

Spencer's Antiques & Collectibles Emporium has moved from an 8,500-square-foot space at 3818 N. Market to a 14,200-square-foot space at 1325 N. Division.Kay Kallenbach, owner of the antiques mall, says the Washington state Department of bought a

West Plains project under way - Art only

October 21, 2010

Baker Construction Co., of Spokane, is building a 20,300-square-foot building to be named Pillar Rock Plaza, at 8510 U.S. Highway 2, that will house the Spokane Military Entrance Processing Station, which plans to move there from downtown Spokane