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Injecting cement into spine meant to help osteoporosis sufferers

Physician says alternative to invasive back surgery eases pain

September 27, 2012

A minimally invasive procedure to repair vertebrae fractures common in osteoporosis sufferers has become slightly less invasive at Valley Hospital.Called vertebroplasty, the procedure involves injecting a special bone cement into compression in

While viewed as a cosmetic issue, varicose veins can affect health

Laser, RF technology, other medical options can relieve symptoms

September 27, 2012

Treva Lind

Varicose veins, a disorder typically occurring in the legs when a vein malfunctions, more often affect women than men and can raise medical concerns, including fatigue and pain, say health care professionals in Spokane.The vein disease occurs in

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September 27, 2012

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane, is well under way on a $9.9 million classroom building on the Spokane Falls Community College campus.

Leone & Keeble lands job to erect big EWU building

Five-level, 350-bed dorm to cost $25 million in all, to be completed next year

September 27, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane-based Leone & Keeble Inc. has started construction under a $15.6 million contract to build a 350-bed residence hall at Eastern Washington University in the northwest area of the school's Cheney campus. The five-story, 101,000-square-foot

County to auction foreclosed properties via Internet

Move to online service aims to reach broader market, increase sales

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Spokane County will auction tax-foreclosed properties online for the first time, with the auction set for Dec. 3, says Mike Volz, the county's chief deputy treasurer.The county treasurer's office has entered a contract with Silver Spring, Inc. a

Some construction materials rise in cost, AGC reports

Gypsum products, diesel among those goods that are increasing in price

September 27, 2012

Associated General Contractors of America

The cost of key construction materials increased in August and in a year-to-year comparison, resuming a trend that has forced contractors to pay more for materials even as competitive pressures restrain prices for finished projects, says an of this

Two road projects slated to start in city next month

$776,000 in jobs include extending 44th Avenue, North Side safety work

September 27, 2012

Jessica Valencia

The city of Spokane plans to spend a combined $776,000 on two road-construction projects that are scheduled to start in October and to be completed in five to six weeks. Projects will include improving and extending a street on Spokane's South a

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Prominent Pullman hotel set to nearly double in size

Project will add 56 rooms, new lounge, dining area to 59-room Hilltop Inn

September 27, 2012

Kim Crompton

Barbara and Ron Wachter, owners of the Hilltop Inn, in Pullman, Wash., have launched a $7.6 million expansion of the 59-room hotel that will nearly double the number of guest rooms it offers.The project will include construction of a 56-room and

Photo courtesy of Hill International Inc.

Hill International oversees quick-turn project for EVSD

Work included erecting four elementary school additions in about 90 days

September 27, 2012

Kim Crompton

The Spokane office of Hill International Inc., a New Jersey-based construction management company, says it recently completed oversight of a quick-turn project that involved erecting identical freestanding classroom additions at four East Valley in

Spokane contractor awarded Clarkston treatment plant

Williams Brother to begin $13.5 million in upgrades to improve effluent quality

September 27, 2012

Treva Lind

Williams Brother Construction LLC, of Spokane, has won a $13.5 million contract for a major improvement project at the wastewater-treatment plant that serves the city of Clarkston, Wash.The project, which was scheduled to start at the end of new