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Expeditors' data center moves forward

Lydig begins site work on Airway Heights project for logistics company
Jeanne Gustafson
Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, has begun site work for construction of a multimillion-dollar data center that Expeditors International of Washington Inc. plans to open in Airway Heights.Expeditors, a big Seattle-based global logistics to
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Sun Rental adds store on West Plains

TJH Enterprises plans to seek a larger facility for Airway Heights outlet
Jeanne Gustafson
The Spokane company that owns five Sun Rental Center outlets here has opened a sixth location in Airway Heights.The company, TJH Enterprises Inc., had been looking for a store location on the West Plains for some time, and saw an opportunity to
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—Staff photo by David Cole

Newly realigned spur wins praise

Track section opened in January, easing fear of rail users
David Cole
Trains are running regularly now on the newly realigned Geiger Spur rail line on the West Plains, and businesses that depend on the line say they're relieved the connection will be available long term for receiving and shipping freight.The Geiger
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Despite recession, West Plains continues to grow

Houses, hotels, wastewater plant amid host of projects planned or under way there
Mike McLean
The West Plains has an array of commercial and residential construction projects that are moving ahead, despite the anchor-dragging effects of the recession, and developers and builders say a number of pending or stalled projects could resume when
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—Staff photo by Jeanne Gustafson

New linear accelerator at Sacred Heart boasts extras

$4 million in technology to increase accuracy, reduce treatment time
Jeanne Gustafson
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital's says a new radiation treatment machine it recently installed, along with some optional features that will be installed later, will enable the hospital to improve its accuracy in tumors,
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Easing patients' anxieties about endoscopic screenings

Study shows preference for anesthesiologist use, more complete sedation
Despite growing knowledge of the importance of colorectal screenings for cancer detection and prevention, many adults forgo the routine endoscopic procedure. Now, an anesthesia preference study suggests that patients may be more likely to undergo a
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Group targets drugs most needing study for off-label use

Unapproved prescriptions of medications raise safety, effectiveness concerns
Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs frequently are prescribed to treat certain diseases despite a lack of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval—a practice known as off-label prescribing. Yet, they say the problem is so big they a
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Induced hypothermia eyed as possible stroke treatment

Cooling of body currently used here to protect brain following cardiac arrest
Mike McLean
Body-cooling techniques that are being used here to treat some heart-attack sufferers might prove beneficial for certain stroke patients, says Dr. Madeleine Geraghty, the director of the Primary Stroke Center at Providence Sacred Heart Medical & on
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Fresenius begins nighttime dialysis at Sherman center

Service frees up patients to pursue other activities during lost daylight hours
Kim Crompton
Fresenius Medical Care North America, a Waltham, Mass.-based operator of a nationwide network of kidney dialysis facilities, says it has launched a night-time dialysis program at the Fresenius Medical Care Spokane Kidney Center, at 610 S. new to in
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—Staff photo by David Cole

Valley dentist, others, help families save stem cells

Stem cells from extracted baby teeth are preserved by cryogenic lab in Boston
David Cole
Spokane Valley pediatric dentist Dr. Molly Gunsaulis, along with other dentists here, has begun offering the families of her young patients an intriguing new purpose for extracted baby teeth—a possible role in saving the child's life in the to
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