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Matter of Opinion archive for June 17, 2008

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008

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The state Department of Health will hold two hearings next week in Spokane County to hear community feelings about the prospective sale of Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center. The department is to make a decision this fall as whether to approve…

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Letters: Gas shortage

Excerpts from two letters that ran today:Oil production has peaked for dozens of nations in the last decade (U.S. production peaked in 1971), while global demand continues to rise. It's simply supply and demand. If the American public wants somebody to blame for the current…

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