May 8 / Hecla's earnings plummetHecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, reported first-quarter net income of $12.4 million, or 4 cents a diluted share, down sharply from $43.2 million, or 16 cents a diluted share, in the same quarter last year. It a

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Incorporated will hold Good Morning Greater Spokane on Friday, May 11, at 7:30 a.m., at the Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post. The topic will be "Changing Times, Changing Tide: A Midyear Look at the Regional Economy."

Workers approaching retirement age are in for an abrupt change. Never mind an end to deadlines, meetings, and late nights. After decades of steadily saving money for the golden years, retirees will be thrust into a new mode: spending.When the of

Can a simple diagnostic test used to measure a heart's electrical activity help predict heart attacks? And can that knowledge help doctors reroute their patients away from coronary heart disease?These are the questions researchers at the of San

During the past several years, directors at Royal Plaza Retirement Center, on Spokane's North Side, say they have seen a noticeable shift in the characteristics of residents who live in its assisted- and independent-living units. Because of they

A new joint poll released by the Society for Human Resource Management and AARP shows that U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits aimed at closing skills gaps left when baby boomers retire, and at retaining and older in