Chey Scott

North Side women's clinic targets causes of patient ailments

Founder says med-spa emphasizes weight loss; clinic has grown

September 23, 2010

Dr. Debra Ravasia, a Spokane gynecologist and owner and founder of Women's Health Connection clinic and Ajuva Medical Spa here, believes there is much more to being a women's health practitioner than simply treating health problems.Ravasia says

Three more Subway outlets open in Spokane, Post Falls

New sandwich shops here are on west Third Avenue, near Latah Creek Plaza

September 23, 2010

Chey Scott

Three new Subway sandwich shops have opened this month in the Spokane-Post Falls area, says a Spokane franchise-development representative for the Milford, Conn.-based chain. One of the Spokane outlets, at 41 W. Third, replaces an outlet that at

National benefits provider opens office in downtown Spokane

September 9, 2010

Chey Scott

TIAA-CREF, a New York City-based financial services company that provides retirement plans to employees in the academic, research, nonprofit, and medical sectors, has opened a Spokane office downtown in the Fernwell Building, at 505 W. now, the the

Despite many auto thefts here, car insurance costs less

Comprehensive coverage rates are 17 percent below Washington state average

September 9, 2010

Chey Scott

Despite an increase in auto thefts in the Spokane area last year, auto insurance companies say drivers here most likely won't notice a difference in their premiums. Recent reports from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) list Spokane as a

Lee & Hayes sees growth in life science

Spokane-based firm has hired specialists, hopes to have 15 attorneys in group within five years

September 9, 2010

Chey Scott

Lee & Hayes PLLC, a Spokane-based law firm that focuses on intellectual property law, says its relatively new life-sciences group could become a significant catalyst for future growth. The group, which Lee & Hayes began putting together last in

Alpine Orthopaedics relocates to larger space near Holy Family

August 26, 2010

Chey Scott

Alpine Orthopaedics & Spine PS has moved to a larger location here, at 212 E. Central, about a block north of its old location, at 220 E. Rowan, on the south side of Providence Holy Family Hospital.The practice recently moved to a leased space

What if cancer-cells couldn't reproduce?

Regulatory proteins that allow cell reproduction are focus of research at Washington State University Spokane

August 26, 2010

Chey Scott

A researcher at Washington State University Spokane is studying how cancer cells might be altered to halt their reproduction and eventually make them die.The researcher, Weihang Chai, an assistant professor in WSU's School of Molecular and the a

Grant to expand broadband access in rural communities

August 26, 2010

Chey Scott

Washington state has received $54 million in federal funds for a statewide project to bring affordable broadband Internet access to underserved rural communities across the state.As many as 14,000 businesses and 2,000 community institutions, and

Fulbright grant funds trip to India for Spokane consultant

Fusion Environment owner will help create database at Bangalore Institute

August 12, 2010

Chey Scott

Adriane P. Borgias, a Spokane environmental consultant, has received a Fulbright-Nehru Scholarship to work in India for four months to assist that country in compiling a computerized database of environmental knowledge.Borgias, owner of Fusion &

Catlow raises expansive roof for food processor in Toronto

Spokane-based company completes second largest roof-raising job to date

August 12, 2010

Chey Scott

Catlow Structural Lifting, of Spokane, says it recently completed a project in Toronto in which it lifted the roof of a 43,000-square-foot food processing plant by 9 feet for an expansion project. The project, done some 1,800 miles away, was the it