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In the News: December 23, 2009

December 23, 2009

Dec. 18 / Mobius, city stop lease negotiations The board of directors of Spokane Mobius, a nonprofit group that earlier said it planned to develop and operate a planned $29.5 million science center on the north side of the Spokane in a

December 23, 2009 - January 14, 2010

December 23, 2009

Meetings & Events The Spokane chapter of the American Advertising Federation will hold a lunch program on Wednesday, Jan. 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at 1520 W. Third, in Spokane. Randy Snow, of R&R Partners, in Las Vegas, will is

Calendar: December 10, 2009

December10-23, 2009

December 10, 2009

Meetings & Events The American Advertising Federation-Spokane will hold a Clio Awards Reel showing on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Magic Lantern Theater, 25 W. Main, in Spokane. Movie snacks will be provided. The cost

Utility expands awareness of energy-saving programs

Avista's new efficient-TV campaign augments energy audit, bill analyzer tools

December 10, 2009

Mike McLean

Avista Corp. is expanding its education programs aimed at conserving energy and trimming customers' utility bills.The Spokane-based energy company has joined a new campaign to promote awareness of so-called "super energy-efficient" televisions,

Reducing emissions just part of solution, paper says

Slowing climate change also will require altering land uses, professor says

December 10, 2009

News Wise

Policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation and urbanization, in addition to that of greenhouse gas emissions, on climate change, asserts Brian Stone, a Georgia Institute of Technology city and regional planning professor, a

Spokane-based energy auditors add line of home power monitors

December 10, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Energy Doctors, a Spokane-based franchisor of energy auditing businesses, has begun offering an in-home energy monitor that it claims can help a household reduce its electricity bill by up to 20 percent.The company's franchisees sell the energy

Creating a sustainable market

New grocery co-op downtown to have multiple ecologically friendly characteristics

December 10, 2009

David Cole

A new grocery cooperative slated to open early next year in downtown Spokane will scream "sustainable" in nearly every way—from the characteristics of its newly redeveloped facility, to the vendors that will sell goods there, to its own say be

Goodwill nets multiple benefits from E-Cycle program

Manufacturer-funded electronics recycling exceeds expectations

December 10, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

An electronics recycling program launched in Washington state this year has proven to be a boon to its nonprofit collectors, including Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest, which is one of the major collectors for the program in Eastern says

High blood pressure linked to middle-age memory loss

People with high diastolic reading found more likely to have cognitive problems

December 10, 2009

High blood pressure is linked to memory problems in people over 45, according to research published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study found that people with high diastolic blood pressure, which is

Pain program at St. Luke's adapts, eyes name change

Effort that helps injured workers get back on the job modified to meet L&I rules

December 10, 2009

David Cole

St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute here has responded to new workers' comp rule changes by lengthening its "pain program" and changing eligibility timing. Separately, it's considering a name change to promote the fact that it has a significant the