Throughout its history, Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. has encouraged utilities to invest in automated meter-reading equipment and other technologies that improve efficiency and conservation. Now, the company also is encouraging students to invest in STE

North Idaho College broke ground earlier this month on a $7.7 million, 30,000-square-foot student wellness and recreation center on its Coeur d'Alene campus, says Tom Greene, a spokesman for the college. The two-story center will include a gymnasium, a

Crews are updating Gonzaga University's Schoenberg Center to host 100 medical students starting studies Aug. 22, and that attendance includes the largest first-year class in Spokane undergoing University of Washington School of Medicine training. Augus

Jensen Byrd Development LLC, the group that wants to redevelop the Jensen-Byrd building and surrounding properties, has launched a website that includes new details about the developer's vision. The jensenbyrd.com website describes the planned $45 mill

Outperformed. That is the word that melted away the nerves gripping Travis Franklin, head of school at Spokane International Academy, as he, the teachers, staff, and students at one of Spokane's two new charter schools nervously awaited their Cambridg

Future nursing education should involve more learning in teams with cross-discipline health care students, working together in patient scenarios and using technology, says the new Spokane-based dean of the Washington State University College of Nursing.

Washington State University's Native American Health Sciences program will soon face some changes as it continues its support of providing resources to young Native students pursuing careers in health and sciences. The first change will come about thi

The Central Valley School District now wants to replace Ponderosa Elementary school rather than renovate and expand it-a move that district superintendent Ben Small claims would save on construction costs, speed up the project schedule, and eliminate th