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• Contractor pays workers back wages

  October 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A10 A Silver Valley contractor has paid back wages to some of his employees after an investigation revealed that he wasn’t complying with prevailing wage laws. Stewart Contracting paid less than …

• Insurer OKs treatment for veteran’s brain injury

  June 17, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Spokane-area woman who was injured by an enemy mortar explosion while working as a helicopter mechanic in Afghanistan has received approval from a government-contracted insurance company to receive the … 4

• Injured war contractor approved for treatment

  June 16, 2011 in City A Spokane-area woman who was injured by an enemy mortar explosion while working as a helicopter mechanic in Afghanistan has received approval from a government-contracted insurance company to receive the … 15

• Diverse work force offers region strength in recession

  September 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 Labor Day celebrates our work force – the nurses, teachers, retail salespeople, laborers, lawyers and librarians; in short, all of the workers who fuel the nation’s economic engine. The holiday, … 3

• Former millworkers scratch for jobs

  October 25, 2009 in City on Page B1 Merry Leach is the last employee of Three Rivers Timber. The former human resources director sits alone in the office of the now-silent lumber mill, answering the phone while the …