Temporary-help agencies here say they're seeing an encouraging increase in demand for the contract laborers they provide, though levels of optimism among those in the industry vary.Meanwhile, such companies say they're adapting to the lagging by
The specter of further budget cuts is staring the higher education system in the face, and colleges and universities here say they are bracing for what's likely to come in the supplemental 2010 Washington state budget. Community Colleges of it a
Tomlinson Real Estate Group LLC says its four Spokane-area offices have aligned with Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, a Parsippany, N.J.-based real estate network with 3,500 affiliate offices worldwide.The brokerage here, which has roots that go
The city of Spokane Valley is planning four road projects, worth a total of about $6.7 million, along and near busy Sullivan Road this spring and summer. Two of the projects include replacing the asphalt-surface intersections at Broadway and and
Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, has began offering diagnostic radiology services and image distribution services to Walla Walla General Hospital, in Walla Walla, Wash.Inland Imaging has hired Dr. Brian Rich, who was the hospital's contract to as
The Kootenai Outpatient Imaging Center, in Post Falls, has installed a new, $800,000 computed-tomography (CT) scanner, says Paula Davenport, a spokeswoman for Kootenai Health.The imaging center, located at 1300 E. Mullan, is a joint venture of a
A Spokane physician says the drug Suboxone is a powerful weapon in helping substance-abuse patients fight against a "scourge" of addiction to powerful drugs such as OxyContin.The physician, Dr. Jerome Dirkers, says he first saw the benefits from
A proactive ergonomic intervention reduces pain related to poor work postures in office employees, reports a study in the October issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the official publication of the American College of a
Volunteer service, such as tutoring children, can help older adults delay or reverse declining brain function, says a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Md.Using functional magnetic the
Christ Clinic, a nonprofit medical clinic at 914 W. Carlisle, says its patient load has risen sharply since it moved into a larger building in the fall of 2008.Danielle Riggs, a nurse practitioner who's the clinical director of Christ Clinic, now