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March 1, 2012

Meetings & EventsThe city of Spokane Valley Public Works Department will hold a free open house on the Argonne corridor improvements project Wednesday, March 7, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Spokane Valley High School, 2011 N. Hutchinson. For more call

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March 1, 2012

Feb. 27 / Quintrall tabbed for city postSpokane Mayor David Condon named Better Business Bureau executive Jan Quintrall as the city's division director for Business & Developer Services. The appointment is subject to City Council approval. has /

Disconnect often exists in workplace

Best practices employed by managers frequently ineffective, workers claim

March 1, 2012

Marketwire

Fierce Inc., a Seattle-based communication, training, and leadership development company, recently released a survey that suggests a disconnect between the priorities of managers and employees in terms of workplace communication.Nearly 800 and a

Employers should embrace workers as valuable asset

Consultant says executives can do more to get people rowing in same direction

March 1, 2012

Linda Oien

Have you ever wondered whatever happened to the days when employees worked for a company for life, where employers considered their people the company's most valuable asset, and a strong bond of loyalty existed between employers and employees? most

Health plan offerings grow in Idaho

Labor department survey shows coverage increase for first time since 2002

March 1, 2012

Idaho employers reversed an eight-year decline in workplace health care coverage in 2011 despite the financial pressures of coming out of the worst recession since World War II.The Idaho Department of Labor's 2011 Fringe Benefit Survey found 66

Colleges at Fairchild Air Force Base work to serve military, draw civilians

One school plans to leave; four others still offer diverse degrees

March 1, 2012

Treva Lind

Fairchild Air Force Base, home to a population exceeding 8,600, offers a hub of college options on the base within its Professional Development Center. While one school, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is ending its program at four The

Whitworth forensic accounting course involves workshop coached by IRS agents

Whitworth course includes hands-on fraud workshop coached by federal agents

March 1, 2012

Mike McLean

Sure, these agents carry sidearms, but they take down criminals with spreadsheets.As part of an investigative course held biennially at Whitworth University, special agents with the Criminal Investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service a a

Virtual colonoscopy rivals conventional exam, study asserts

CT test is said to be able to detect cancer, polyps in seniors effectively

March 1, 2012

News Wise

Computerized tomographic colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is comparable to standard colonoscopy in its ability to accurately detect cancer and precancerous polyps in people ages 65 and older, says a paper published online last month

Mobile health-care group seeks to standardize care

On Site for Seniors tests effort to ensure patients recover from procedures

March 1, 2012

Chey Scott

On Site for Seniors, a Coeur d'Alene-based mobile primary medical-care provider, recently started a test pilot program to evaluate an integrated-care approach for its elderly clients who are recovering from a medical procedure.Lynne Martin, On a

Riverview complex to erect new aquatics, fitness center

Three-pool, $4.2 million facility to replace current amenities for swimming

March 1, 2012

Mike McLean

Riverview Retirement Community, the big senior complex at 1801 E. Upriver Drive, plans to construct a $4.2 million aquatics and fitness center that will be three times the size of its current facility.The 13,000-square-foot facility will feature