Education & Talent

Funding education tops legislative priority list

Legislature still grapples with McCleary court ruling

December 15, 2016

With the deadline approaching in the upcoming biennium for the Legislature to meet basic education funding requirements, local groups will look to lawmakers to focus on following through with earlier funding commitments. Due to the state Supreme Court'

Spokane Area Retired Educators Association fights dip in membership

Organizers maintain mission of outreach, education

December 1, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Despite a declining membership, the Spokane Area Retired Educators Association continues to work toward its mission of supporting both its members and education efforts throughout the area. The association's president, Karen Mahan, says that although

Avista to install smart lights in U District

Project to be first under Envision America effort

December 1, 2016

Avista Corp., of Spokane, expects to begin installing the first of almost 40 smart streetlights in the city's University District in January, says Heather Rosentrater, the company's vice president of energy delivery. Avista is one of six founding par

Entrepreneur competition changes name, slates event

Approximately 100 students participated this past March

November 17, 2016

Organizers of the Northwest Entrepreneur Competition have set next April 13 as the date for the annual competition that now has been running for 15 years. Sponsors and organizers also changed the name of the event, previously known as the Inland Northwes

Students experience robotic surgery technology

Rockwood Health System, others put on STEM event

November 17, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Rockwood Health System earlier this month hosted its second annual science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine event designed to introduce local high school students to robotic surgery. The event, dubbed STEM2, was staged through a partnership

A new college-prep approach at St. George's School

St. George's uses international curriculum, replacing advanced-placement option

November 17, 2016

Treva Lind

On a lawn near St. George's School, student Alyson Galow works on obedience training with a yellow lab named Limerick. The 6-month-old puppy accompanies her daily at home and school, as part of Galow fulfilling a community service project to raise and

WSU's Hunter reaches out to Spokane businesses

Business college dean seeks to connect here

November 17, 2016

Larry 'Chipâ€ Hunter, dean of Washington State University's Carson College of Business, says the Pullman campus will begin more outreach to Spokane's business community, hoping to create more learning and employment opportunities for graduate and u

North Pines Middle School project to start next spring

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November 3, 2016

Business Wire

Central Valley School District plans to build a new North Pines Middle School just west of the current structure. The $27.6 million, 84,600-square-foot structure is scheduled to be completed in mid-summer of 2018. ALSC Architects PS, of Spokane, is the a

â€”Junior Achievement of Washington/North by Northwest

Raising financial literacy

Junior Achievement initiative to involve 1,900 kids here

November 3, 2016

Mike McLean

Junior Achievement will partner with Spokane Public Schools for the second year in presenting middle school students with a day of hands-on experience with financial challenges they'll likely face as adults. This school year, Junior Achievement Finance

UW physician assistant program targets rising need

Nearly 400 providers have graduated in past 20 years

October 20, 2016

Stacey Denny

Physician assistants are playing a more vital role in health care communities across the U.S. In Spokane, many of these physician assistants are graduates of the University of Washington's MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program here. Currently