Special Report

Inland Northwest job growth is improving more quickly than expected

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December 17, 2015

Spokane-area job growth exceeded expectations this year, and Inland Northwest economists expect further growth in employment in the upcoming year, though maintaining this year's pace might be challenging.

2016 Economic Outlook Overview: Spokane-area job growth leads mostly bullish projections

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December 17, 2015

Linn Parish

Broad-based job growth foretold positive gains in many sectors of the Inland Northwest economy this year, and those industries are expected to continue to grow in 2016, though some might not be able to sustain the trajectory established this year.

WSU researchers develop infection treatment option

Electrical stimulation might be alternative to antibiotics

December 3, 2015

Staff Report

Washington State University researchers in Pullman say they have discovered for the first time how electrical stimulation works for the treatment of bacterial infections, paving the way for a viable alternative to medicinal antibiotics.

Valley physician treats joint pain with sugar solution

Prolotherapy said to help create connecting tissue

December 3, 2015

Mike McLean

A Spokane Valley physician specializes in an alternative therapy that he says helps relieve some common forms of joint and muscle pain.

Sacred Heart reduces rate of C-section births

After record high, hospital worked to lower surgeries

December 3, 2015

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has reduced Cesarean sections in recent years to a level a doctor here says is more acceptable and beneficial for the long-term health of mothers.

Mental health crisis center to open in Cd'A

Former FBI agent named to head behavioral facility

December 3, 2015

Mike McLean

Idaho's second state-funded mental health crisis center will open on Dec. 9 in Coeur d'Alene.

WSU team to lead study of ACA effect on disabled

$2.5 million, federally funded project set to last five years

December 3, 2015

Staff Report

A Washington State University researcher will lead a $2.5 million examination of the federal Affordable Care Act's impact on what might be the largest group in need of its services: people with disabilities.

Teaching health clinic enclosed

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December 3, 2015

Mike McLean

Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, appears to have structural work mostly completed for the Spokane Teaching Health Center's $15 million University District Health Clinic, which is located at the southeast edge of the Washington State University Spoka

Occupational medicine's presence expands

Providence program said currently serving 3,000 injured workers annually

December 3, 2015

LeAnn Bjerken

Just over a year old, Providence Health Care's occupational medicine program has grown quickly, with plans to expand next spring, adding a third location from which to provide its services.

Meridian lands fire station, community college projects

Central Washington job values total $6.4 million

November 19, 2015

Mike McLean

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is working on two sizable Central Washington projects valued at a total of $6.4 million, says Kathryn Johnson, Meridian's contract administrator.