Though federal funding from an Air Washington worker retraining grant will end in the fall, Dave Cox, dean of Spokane Community College's technical education division, says he's confident the department will continue to grow.

Construction is under way on a $3.1 million expansion project at River City Middle School, in Post Falls, says Scott Fischer, the project architect with the Coeur d'Alene design firm Architects West Inc.

Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute is remodeling and expanding its student dining facilities in a $1.5 million construction project, says R. Joe Alleman, the institute's director of administration.

A Washington State University Spokane pharmaceutical sciences student has received a national award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation to fund research into slowing or eradicating osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Gonzaga University has been named for the second year as one of more than 350 most environmentally responsible colleges by the Princeton Review, a college ranking publication, for its sustainability initiatives and environmental programs, says Jim Simon,