Chey Scott

Working up a sweat

December 16, 2010

Beth Galis, owner of Yarrow Hot Yoga & Wellness Studio here, knows how to bring the heat. Participants in her Bikram-inspired yoga classes sweat it out plenty doing a series of 26 distinct yoga postures for an hour and a half in a room at 105 40

Riverside extension bids opened

MDM offers $3.7 million bid for project to construct arterial east of downtown

December 16, 2010

Chey Scott

MDM Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, is the apparent low bidder, at $3.7 million, to construct the first phase of the city of Spokane's long-planned extension of Riverside Avenue from Division Street northeast to Trent Avenue.The first phase

The profit and loss of snow

Heavy winters help snow removal services, hurt other businesses

December 16, 2010

Chey Scott

The record snowfall total of close to 30 inches last month kept snow removal companies in the Inland Northwest busy clearing parking lots, sidewalks, and driveways, but caused some headaches, budget and otherwise, for other businesses here. And at

Financial advice for workers

Along with 401(k)s, employers offer range of tools to help workers invest money wisely

December 2, 2010

Chey Scott

Most people know that many employers here provide their workers with a 401(k) retirement account, but what is less known is how much employers do to help workers succeed in reaching their retirement saving goals.Among those services are online a

Rockwood extends services to Deer Park with new clinic

Doctors group says it also hopes to add more Valley, West Plains offices soon

December 2, 2010

Chey Scott

Rockwood Clinic PS, the big doctors group here owned by Community Health Systems Inc., of Franklin, Tenn., plans to open its first clinic in Deer Park soon.The new location, to be called Rockwood Deer Park Clinic, will be a family practice and

WSU researchers land grant to study memory impairment

$320,000 award to cover evaluation of new method to treat early memory loss

December 2, 2010

Chey Scott

Washington State University researchers recently received a $320,000 grant from the national Alzheimer's Association to test a new early intervention method for the treatment of mild cognitive impairments, a precursor to Alzheimer's disease and two

Rising STD cases trigger call for education

Preventive outreach said crucial in stopping spread of the diseases

December 2, 2010

Chey Scott

The number of cases of sexually transmitted disease reported in Spokane County has been rising steadily over the past decade and totaled nearly 2,000 last year, the second highest count ever, though it was down slightly from the record in 2008. say

Rule change would allow digital signs downtown

City mulls amendment that would reconcile conflicting policy, law

December 2, 2010

Chey Scott

The city of Spokane is considering a policy wording change that would permit, but regulate, new full-color digital signs downtown.Such signs, which include those that display moving electronic text and images, were prohibited in a downtown plan

The magic of Father Christmas

December 2, 2010

Chey Scott

Christmas is Elizabeth Raol's favorite time of the year. That's apparent when you enter her historic South Hill home, which is adorned with all things Christmas, the most prominent of which are a collection of white-bearded figures, clad in fur

Legislative wish lists conservative

Though some new money is being sought, most just hope to maintain funding

December 2, 2010

Chey Scott

With Washington state facing an estimated $3 billion shortfall as the Legislature readies to develop its 2011-13 biennial budget, civic and government entities here say they hope simply to hang on to funding they already have, and are going easy on