Special Report

Spokane Urology at forefront of kidney cancer treatment

Urologists employ robotics to remove tumors

May 11, 2017

With offices on the lower South Hill and North Spokane, urologists at Spokane Urology are blowing away the national average for using robotics technology to remove tumors and cancerous portions from kidneys, claims one of the practice's six managing par

EWU, St. Luke's partner to start outpatient physical, occupational therapy clinic

Center promotes hands-on skills for first-year students

May 11, 2017

Mike McLean

Eastern Washington University is partnering with St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute in a new physical and occupational therapy clinic in the University District that will provide more opportunities for student training as well as additional patient acc

Continuing a volunteer legacy

Rockwood ophthalmologist's team provides cataract surgeries in Honduras

May 11, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Early last month, Spokane-based ophthalmologist Dr. Jonathan Haymore returned from his second annual surgical expedition to Honduras, where he and a team of volunteers work to perform cataract and other eye surgeries on those who can't otherwise afford

SCC takes it up a degree with first four-year program

Expanded offering to prep respiratory therapists

May 11, 2017

Treva Lind

Demand for respiratory therapists is growing alongside that discipline's increased educational requirements, soon to be packaged into Spokane Community College's first four-year degree program. Starting next fall, SCC will offer its new bachelor of a

Lydig awarded $25 million Leavenworth school job

Project includes classroom addition, gym improvements

April 27, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has been awarded a $25 million contract to modernize Cascade High School, in Leavenworth, says Lisa Shier, a project manager for Lydig. The project will include demolishing and replacing the classroom and administrat

MAKE Architecture aims for steady, nimble growth

Owner has added first associate, seeks second

April 27, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Evan Verduin, owner and principal of Spokane-based MAKE Architecture LLC, says his firm is preparing for additional growth as the community moves into a busy period of design and development. 'Spokane is usually a bit behind larger cities in terms of

Garco to start work soon on $4 million Trinity Catholic School job

Structure to be erected on north Cedar Avenue

April 27, 2017

Spokane-based Garco Construction Inc. soon will start construction on a new building for Trinity Catholic School, in northwest Spokane. The private school, now at 1306 W. Montgomery, will move to a nearby site on what is now the school's current playgr

Pioneering a new building system

Sustainable timber panels also accelerate construction

April 27, 2017

Mike McLean

A new fitness gym under construction at 711 N. Helena is the first project to be erected here using load-bearing cross-laminated timber wall panels, claims Mike Bradley, a project manager for Spokane contractor Beacon Builders LLC. The panels are being e

Deer Park's loyal Knights

Family business anchors new industrial park

April 27, 2017

The Deer Park business community has high financial hopes for its new business park and industrial center, which now has as its first tenants, two subsidiaries of the 49-year-old Knight Construction & Supply Inc. Knight EZ Dock Inc. and Knight Wall Syste

First Tee pulls golf project amid road flap

Nonprofit had hoped to build three-hole course

April 27, 2017

The executive director for the nonprofit Inland Northwest Golf Foundation, the parent to The First Tee of the Inland Northwest chapter here, says the organization has withdrawn a predevelopment application before the city of Spokane for a 6-acre, three-ho