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PotlatchÂ’s office here doubles staff

Company moves offices to larger downtown space, brings in financial execs
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Potlatch Corp., the big Spokane-based forest products company, has leased two floors of the Wells Fargo Center downtown and is moving its corporate headquarters there from a smaller space to make room for 25 key managers in its finance group who of
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Planning heightens for Huetter bypass

Jurisdictions along preferred route asked to protect corridor
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
A Kootenai County transportation planning organizations recent decision to recommend a route for a proposed expressway that would divert traffic off of the highly used stretch of U.S. 95 north of Interstate 90 has triggered land-use planning for
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Hecla has high hopes for Silver Valley

Two studies could result in doubling of Lucky Friday
February 26, 1997
Paul Read
The resurgence of Hecla Mining Co.s venerable Lucky Friday mine near Mullan, Idaho, might seem remarkable enough, given recent strong production gains, plummeting cash costs, and a surge in hiring there. That rebirth, however, would pale in to if
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Doctors here pioneered access to dialysis

Three Spokane physicians launched U.S.Â’s first non-research site for treating chronic disease
February 26, 1997
Emily Proffitt
Kidney dialysis centers are commonplace today, but they werent in 1962, when three pioneering Spokane physicians opened here the first U.S. dialysis center outside of a research setting that treated chronic kidney disease.The three doctors, a
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Uncovering the trigger of chronic illness

WSU professor’s new book suggests he’s come upon such a ‘disease paradigm’
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Longtime Washington State University biochemistry professor Martin L. Pall and his wife were forced to cut short a visit to Italy 10 years ago when Pall developed a bad case of shingles, a viral infection that causes rash and extreme pain.I a
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Laparoscopy now used here as less-invasive surgery for cancer

Laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure speeds recovery period for cancer patients
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Spokane surgeon has begun performing cancer-related hysterectomies here using a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure that has been used in non-cancer-related hysterectomies and a host of other surgeries for years.The surgeon, Dr. Melanie a
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Quietly catering to performance drivers

Gee has Porsche franchise for customers who desire uncommon performance
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
For George Gee Automotive Group, bringing a Porsche dealership to Spokane was just one more way to prevent longtime customers from going elsewhere for their vehicle purchases.If weve sold someone cars for 15 or 20 years, we dont want them
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The mid-size muscles in

Automakers shift focus back to sedans after slew of crossovers
February 26, 1997
Jeanne Gustafson
Its shaping up to be a midsize year in the auto world. A number of automakers are rolling out new, sportier, or more luxurious versions of their midsize sedans and coupes, and introducing hybrids in the larger vehicle styles to offer improved gas
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Tax-system change to hit mid-size businesses hard

Mountain Gear, OneCall, others with Internet sales face software costs, more
February 26, 1997
Richard Ripley
Mid-size businesses, or tweeners, that have both storefront and Internet operations and a substantial amount of gross sales, stand to be hit hard by compliance burdens in a new effort by Washington state to boost tax collections and level the a
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Pend Oreille PUD, Kalispels reach terms over flooded land

District to pay tribe yearly with at least $200,000 in power
February 26, 1997
Jeanne Gustafson
The Pend Oreille County Public Utility District has agreed to pay the Kalispel Tribe of Indians a minimum of $200,000 worth of wholesale electricity annually for flooding reservation lands under its Box Canyon Dam reservoir. The payments have been
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