Judith Spitzer

Reporter Judith Spitzer covers technology, mining, agriculture, and wood products for the Journal. A vintage-obsessed antique collector in her off hours, Judith worked as a journalist in Colorado and Oregon before joining the Journal.

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When older adults go back to school

Career change, love of learning top lists of retirees' motivations
September 25, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Dr. Erik Strandness studied and practiced neonatal intensive-care medicine in Spokane for 25 years before retiring at the age of 51, in 2009, to pursue a graduate degree in theology at Whitworth University. After graduating in 2011, he took a position w
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Gold Reserve awarded $740 million in Venezuelan mine dispute

Legal battle with South American country finally might be nearing end
September 25, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mine-exploration company that sued the Venezuelan government after that country seized the company's primary mining property, has been awarded $740.3 million in compensation for the loss, says company President Doug
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Business and divorce in Washington state

Spokane attorney writes about marriage dissolution in state
September 25, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Most couples don't enter into a marriage or a business anticipating that either may be torn apart by divorce. But with about 50 percent of marriages in the United States ending in divorce, that possibility exists, notes David Crouse, a Spokane divo
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Method Juice Café squeezes out a niche

Downtown restaurant seeks out sustainable ingredients, supplies
September 11, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Tyler Lafferty and Nick Murto, arguably two of Spokane's busiest entrepreneurs, are intensely passionate about socially responsible business practices as well as sustainability and good health, a few reasons they opened Method Juice Café two years ago
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Providence Holy Family in mediation with union

Nurses' wages said to lag behind Sacred Heart's
September 11, 2014
Judith Spitzer
The Seattle-based Washington State Nurses Association, which represents more than 400 registered nurses at Providence Holy Family Hospital in north Spokane, are in mediation talks with hospital administrators over pay that they contend lags behind that of
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Spokane Public Schools upgrades security at many facilities

SPS has spent $14 million on safety steps since '03
September 11, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Spokane Public Schools has installed new, single-point-of-entry security doors at main entrances of nine schools and has retrofitted locks on hundreds of classroom doors, enabling teachers to lock doors from inside the classroom. The district has spent
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Spokane County United Way sets aggressive goal

CEO says organization, donors seek measurable outcomes
September 11, 2014
Judith Spitzer
Spokane County United Way is doing philanthropic work with the community, rather than on its behalf, asserts president and CEO Tim Henkel, and he wants community members to think of it that way. Both United Way and its donors look for ways to effect chan
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Farm-to-table food vendors find growing demand

Options include online ordering, subscriptions
August 28, 2014
Judith Spitzer
The so-called farm-to-table food movement seems to have taken hold across the country as well as here in Spokane. Plentiful fresh local produce and other food can be purchased from a number of neighborhood farmers' markets, and served the same night. Bu
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$8 million in grants on tap to help area homeless

Goodwill receives two grants to help veterans
August 28, 2014
Judith Spitzer
About $8 million in federal grants have been awarded to Spokane-area agencies this summer to support housing and self-sufficiency programs for the homeless, more than half of which will go to programs intended to help homeless veterans in particular.
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T.W. Clark Construction lands $4.1 million project

Work to include remodeling space for 911 call center
August 28, 2014
Judith Spitzer
T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane Valley, says it will begin work around Sept. 1 on a $4.1 million remodeling project at the Yakima County Resource Center, in Union Gap, Wash., near Yakima. The remodel of the building, located at 2403 S. 18th in Un
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