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ExxonMobil's first U.S. biodiesel blending plant is here

Project at Valley terminal includes mixing equipment worth about $3.1 million

December 4, 2008

ExxonMobil Corp. has started mixing petroleum-derived and renewable diesel fuels together here at its first biodiesel blending project in the U.S., says the Irving, Texas-based oil giant.The $3.1 million blending operation, located at 15-acre at

State seeks better energy building codes

Will share in federal grant to update rules for efficiency

December 4, 2008

Washington is one of six states that will share in $2.6 million in grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to update state building codes to improve energy-efficiency standards.The Washington State University Extension Energy Program in

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Joint venture looks to wind

Irish, Clarkston concerns join forces to develop projects around region

December 4, 2008

Richard Ripley

A joint venture formed by a Clarkston, Wash., company and an Irish renewable-energy concern is working on several efforts to generate green power, including a proposed 200-megawatt wind-turbine farm and a 10-megawatt wind-powered project it would a

Pacific Steel & Recycling waits out lagging markets

Though prices are down, company says value of metal is enduring

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

Pacific Steel & Recycling, a venture formed here more than 100 years ago as a one-man fur-trading depot, has become a conglomeration of recycling enterprises, selling a variety of cast-off goods and commodity by-products to businesses that turn new

Providence Physician Services names new chief executive here

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

Providence Health Care, of Spokane, has named Dr. Anselmo "Mo" Nunez as chief executive of its physicians group here, Providence Physician Services Co. Providence Physician Services employs more than 70 physicians and other practitioners and &

Inland Imaging ramps up coronary CT angiography

Scanner bought year ago said only device available that can do such scans well

December 4, 2008

David Cole

Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, which bought a 64-slice computed-tomography (CT) scanner about a year ago, has begun to operate its coronary CT angiogram program at full capacity with the $1 million machine, located at Holy Family Bhat, a body at a

Cancer Care Northwest buys new imaging device

$2 million GE scanner at Deaconess combines CT, PET technologies

December 4, 2008

David Cole

Spokane-based Cancer Care Northwest has purchased and installed a new $2 million imaging machine that it says will help physicians here detect, pinpoint the location of, and assess the stage of various types of cancer.The machine is located in

Medical assistant degree program set to launch at NIC in January

Admissions deadline nears

December 4, 2008

Students have until Jan. 2 to apply for admission to a new medical assistant program that Coeur d'Alene's North Idaho College plans to launch in its spring 2009 semester, which begins Jan. 12.The five-semester associate's degree program will for

SimMan: Readying nurses for real world

Electronic mannequin at Holy Family provides safe treatment simulation

December 4, 2008

Kim Crompton

The figure lying motionless in a patient room on the fourth floor at Holy Family Hospital draws considerable attention from nursing students and hospital staff, yet still suffers regularly from a variety of rapidly intensifying health ailments.He

Clinic here gets boost from state

UW satellite site at SHMC to receive part of $100,000 set aside for evaluations

December 4, 2008

Jeanne Gustafson

A clinic here that diagnoses fetal alcohol syndrome and related disorders is one of three statewide that will share in $100,000 in state funding next year aimed at keeping the service available.The clinic, operated by Sacred Heart Medical Center