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Certified pharmacist in Spokane advocates for menopausal women

Spokane-based authority consulted 300 new patients last year

March 29, 2012

Spokane pharmacist Edie Ward describes herself as an advocate for the women she talks to daily about hormone replacement therapy. Almost three years ago, she decided to beef up that role by becoming a certified menopause practitioner. Ward that

Rockwood specialty group of certified midwives debuted early this year

Rockwood specialty group of certified midwives debuted earlier this year

March 29, 2012

Chey Scott

The health care providers at Spokane-based Rockwood Clinic PS's recently established Midwifery Center firmly believe that during a woman's pregnancy there should be a continuous dialogue between the expecting mother and her provider. Following &

Nonprofit seeks volunteers, donations for rebuilding

Group plans April 28 event to repair, rehab six residences, school

March 29, 2012

Mike McLean

Rebuilding Together Spokane, a nonprofit that helps low-income residents with needed home improvements through donations of labor, services, and materials, is planning to participate in a national rebuilding blitz on April 28.The group has six a

Halme gets $4 million job for sewer overflow basins

Wastewater detainment tanks are to be located by river in East Spokane

March 29, 2012

Chey Scott

The city of Spokane has awarded a $4.1 million contract to Halme Construction Inc., of Davenport, Wash., to construct two new sewer overflow basins near the southern bank of the Spokane River along east South Riverton Avenue, in East Spokane.The

Riverside Avenue extension nears completion - Art only

March 29, 2012

The $3.7 million project that extends Riverside Avenue east into Spokane's University District is expected to open to traffic in May, once a few finishing touches are in place. Spokane Rock Products Inc. is the contractor on that project, most of

Helping small businesses get online

March 29, 2012

Editor's Notebook

Gallatin Public Affairs, which has offices here and in Seattle, Portland, Boise, and Helena, has picked up a nice little piece of business that also could prove to be good news for many Spokane-area small businesses.Gallatin has been hired by to

Small Business Watch

March 29, 2012

Hayden bar and grill completes remodelMeyer Entertainment LLC, doing business as Razzle's Bar & Grill in Hayden, recently started offering lunches and dinners after completing a kitchen remodel.Business owner Michelle Meyer says the latest up a

Spokane-based Magnuson Hotels adds property in Indonesia

Spokane-based company grows with other affiliated properties in U.S., abroad

March 29, 2012

Treva Lind

Magnuson Hotels, the Spokane-based independent hotel group, has expanded into Indonesia by adding the Grand Royal Panghegar Hotel, located in Bandung, the capital of the West Java province.The 450-room Grand Royal Panghegar Hotel is within of a

Liberty Lake RV dealership renames West Plains outlet

R'nR now employs 130 at its two outlets here, says sales on upswing

March 29, 2012

Mike McLean

Liberty Lake-based R'nR RV Center, a prominent Eastern Washington new and used recreational-vehicle and truck-camper sales and service concern, has put its name on the Airway Heights dealership it bought a few years ago—and claims sales are a

Mark Webb Jewelers relocates to East Spokane

Mark Webb says new spot is more secure, allows for private customer meetings

March 29, 2012

Chey Scott

Longtime Spokane-based Mark Webb Jewelers Inc. has recently moved from the Northpointe Plaza shopping center to a space in a newly constructed building at 604 N. Freya.Mark Webb, who owns Mark Webb Jewelers and specializes in designing his own I