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—Kevin Blocker

Kodiak is feeling secure as it starts its third decade

Security company employs 150 during peak periods
February 16, 2017
Nancy Connors still periodically laughs at herself when she thinks about the fact that not only does she own a security business, but she's been running it for just a little more than 20 years now. Connors says she's quiet and shy by nature and never
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—LeAnn Bjerken

Strategic Integrators: Integrating growth

Company owner says data security remains driving concern
February 16, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
Now at the start of its 11th year of operations, Spokane-based information technology company Strategic Integrators Inc. continues to grow, evolving to meet the needs of its clients. The company, which started as Strategic Hardware LLC, changed its name
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—Kevin Blocker

Ministry here, its partners develop herbal supplement

Healing Room Ministries supports more natural diet
February 2, 2017
The director of Healing Rooms Ministries, in Spokane, says the organization has partnered with another nonprofit and nutritionists to create an herbal supplement they believe has its foundational roots in the diet God created for humankind.
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—Mike McLean

Active in passive design

Concept said to cut power demand dramatically
February 2, 2017
Mike McLean
A Spokane architect is among local pioneers of an energy-saving design and construction standard known as passive house. Sam Rodell, a longtime architect, has been certified for three years as a passive-house consultant through Chicago-based Passive Hous
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Hunger coalition sets farm fresh food fundraiser

Colville-based nonprofit using micro scale delivery
February 2, 2017
Samantha Peone
The Colville, Wash.-based Northeast Washington Hunger Coalition will hold its third annual Local Farm Fresh Food Gala Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 11, in Colville. All donations and gifts from the gala, which will be at the Stevens County Ag and Trade Cente
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—Treva Lind

Free testing here designed to detect cancer early

Nearly 4,200 women have been screened in five years
January 19, 2017
Treva Lind
A Spokane Regional Health District program helps hundreds of women in Eastern Washington who qualify for free screenings to detect whether they have breast, cervical, or colon cancer. The district has overseen what's now called the Breast, Cervical and
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—LeAnn Bjerken

Well Rested Nest: Helping families sleep

Young business develops custom plans for its clients
January 19, 2017
LeAnn Bjerken
New business owner Julia Carlson says most adults tend to take sleep for granted, right up until we're suddenly not getting any. Carlson would know, as it was her own struggle with sleeplessness that recently prompted her to change her career path. Her
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—Kevin Blocker

Heart attack symptoms more insidious in women

Fatigue, feeling sick more common than chest pain
January 19, 2017
A month before actress Carrie Fisher died due to complications from a heart attack, a staff writer for Great Britain's daily newspaper, The Guardian, said in an article that his in-person interview with Fisher had to be canceled and had to be done by p
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Investing in defense (stocks) can be a good offense

Allocations to the Pentagon are projected to increase
December 1, 2016
Guest Commentary
Investors in the aerospace and defense industry have enjoyed a strong return of 11.3 percent so far this year-as of Oct. 21-and that strength is primed to continue generating above-average returns over the foreseeable future. Government spending all
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odd Radwick, president of Radwick Financial Group LLC, of Winthrop, Wash., is an insurance and financial adviser. He can be reached at 509.996.3425 and at  todd@radwickfinancial.com

Selling a business to create a retirement nest egg

Universal life policy can provide tax-free income
December 1, 2016
Todd Radwick
If you are like many business owners or professionals with a practice, you envision using the proceeds from the sale of your business someday to fund your retirement. You also may be investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRAs, or real estate, but the
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