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Dialing in the target

September 26, 2013

Sandpoint serial entrepreneur Jason Giddings is targeting the tactical shooting market with a product that turns a smartphone into an electronic gun sight.The Inteliscope, which went into production over the summer, involves a mounting system an

Green Bluff business owners bet the farm on festival season

Visitor rebound sought as road construction wraps up

September 26, 2013

Treva Lind

Owners of agricultural businesses in Green Bluff are gearing up to draw visitors to several weekends of fall events, after experiencing slow traffic early in the growing season that operators attributed to construction on nearby Bruce County's of

Rooftop-grown greens help Sacred Heart spice up menu

Hospital starts using herbs cultivated on its campus in its cafeteria offerings

September 12, 2013

Katie Ross

The Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital Green Team has a fresh take on the old idea of hospital food: growing herbs in rooftop planters for use in cafeteria and patient meals. The planters, located on the east roof of a

Hybrid buses added to fleet in Pullman

Transit agency received $1.5 million federal grant to buy three new vehicles

September 12, 2013

Staff Report

Three hybrid buses hit the streets as Washington State University students hit the books for the first day of classes in mid-August. Wrapped in a Go Cougs design with a twist of green, the Pullman Transit gas-electric hybrids are expected to be and

City adopts guidelines for green building site practices

Designers applaud steps, but say techniques should stay optional

September 12, 2013

Treva Lind

Developers planning commercial projects in the city of Spokane now have the option to follow guidelines the municipality has adopted to promote the use of green, low-impact development techniques to absorb stormwater. The Spokane City Council a

Inland Imaging installs new MRI machine at Holy Family

$1.3 million device said to be more comfortable, produce sharper images

September 12, 2013

Katie Ross

Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, has added a new wide-bore magnetic resonance imaging machine to its operation in Providence Holy Family Hospital, on Spokane's North Side.Inland Imaging installed the new device earlier this month, and company the

Six key areas of focus for evolving health care industry

Giving certain segments more attention could help to improve sector

September 12, 2013

Mark Barglof

Everyone knows the health care industry is evolving dramatically. Change is a common occurrence in the health care delivery system. For the health care industry in our country to advance progressively and improve upon the quality of care to its

Spokane trauma program to be replicated in Seattle

Grant awarded to pay for expanding on model piloted in schools here

September 12, 2013

Staff Report

A school-based trauma intervention program developed and being used here will be expanded to Seattle through a collaborative effort and with the help of a three-year, $651,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Spokane-based says.

COHE here expands, opens to self-insured employers

Worker rehab program to cover 19 counties total with recent state contract

September 12, 2013

Treva Lind

The Spokane-based Eastern Washington Center of Occupational Health & Education is broadening its service area with the addition of Benton, Franklin, and Kittitas counties.Daniel Hansen, Eastern Washington COHE director, says the program recently

Seattle-based pain-treatment provider opens Valley clinic

Center aspires to restore functionality to patients suffering from discomfort

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Seattle Pain Center Medical Corp., a specialty medical practice doing business here as Spokane Pain Center, has opened a clinic in Spokane Valley, says Jodi Hoffman, the practice manager based at the new clinic.Spokane Pain Center is located of