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Wait lists linger for local mental health providers

Thu., April 1, 2021

Health care leaders say one benefit after a year into the pandemic is that more people are talking about mental health with less stigma. Yet more work is needed on another front: access.

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Signs of the season: Are yard and garage sales returning in full bloom?

Mon., March 29, 2021

Along with greener grass, expect to see another seasonal sign return across lawns now through summer: bright message boards for yard or garage sales. Such neighborhood transactions were scarce last year.

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Call for education and research: Spokane City Councilwoman Kate Burke, panelists advocate focus on endometriosis

Thu., March 25, 2021

Health care professionals believe 1 in 10 women have endometriosis, a painful disorder that can go on for years before being diagnosed. Spokane City Councilwoman Kate Burke, 32, lived with symptoms for years.

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Making a difference: Art collective opens to creative members while offering outreach to schools, disabled and veterans

UPDATED: Mon., March 22, 2021

A 5,000-square-foot studio opens this weekend for artists in a cooperative membership, but organizers plan outreaches with public schools, veterans and nonprofits.

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In front of the mask: An attitude, and opinion, an expression of joy

UPDATED: Sat., March 20, 2021

Our masks have morphed.

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Cause and effect: New WSU study indicates why night-shift workers have higher cancer risk

Thu., March 18, 2021

Spokane researchers believe they now have a better idea why night-shift workers are at increased risk of developing certain cancers. For a new study, scientists at WSU Health Sciences Spokane collaborated with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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‘Unique and remarkable’: Heart of WWII veteran Donald Hitzel, 101, inspires others in St. Luke’s cardiac rehab

UPDATED: Thu., March 11, 2021

As if being a centenarian receiving a heart valve replacement isn't unusual enough, Donald Hitzel stood out before and after his August cardiac procedure. The World War II veteran, who turned 101 on Feb. 20, has drawn the admiration of other patients.

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Better Together Animal Alliance in Sandpoint assists pets and their owners

Mon., March 8, 2021

A Sandpoint resource for pets and their owners has a new name – and a broadening regional reach – with programs extending into Post Falls, Coeur d’Alene and Spokane. Better Together Animal Alliance was formerly Panhandle Animal Shelter.

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Forging bonds of steel: Elk resident makes knives and 9/11 tribute axe to go beyond remembering

Sun., March 7, 2021

Crafting Damascus steel knives gave Elk resident Ben Hayhurst more than a hobby. He credits the craftsmanship in his recovery as a wounded veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This summer, he applied those skills to make a tribute 9/11 firefighter's axe.

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Flexitarians on the rise: Palouse group sees increase in diets with additional plants, less meat

UPDATED: Thu., March 4, 2021

Welcome to another U.S. trend stretching toward healthy meals: flexitarian, a term increasingly being used to describe people who eat mostly vegetarian meals but still consume some meat.

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Limited COVID-19 pandemic open insurance enrollment extended to May 15

UPDATED: Wed., March 3, 2021

Washington state residents who qualify and need health insurance for 2021 have a limited time to enroll under a new COVID-19 open enrollment period tied to emergency impacts from the pandemic. The enrollment started on Feb. 15 and ends on May 15.

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Connecting generations: Pilot project Writing Across Generations links teens, senior adults starting April 12

Mon., March 1, 2021

Writing Across Generations is being led by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, or RSVP, of Spokane County. The Spokane pilot project has an intergenerational vision to match teams of teens with senior adults.

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Matters of the heart: Spokane women learn about managing blood pressure through Providence’s new Better U

Thu., Feb. 25, 2021

Dotty Johnson has a photograph of herself with arms stretched behind eight of nine grandchildren. All of them, ages nearly 6 to 18, serve as Johnson's motivation to join in a weekly program to improve her blood pressure.

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Running toward her goals: Whitworth student Madelyn Buckley, 18, is named to Native American academic team

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 22, 2021

Madelyn Buckley, a Nome Eskimo Community registered member, has roots closer to Spokane. She excelled in high school academics and distance running, now covering ground for Whitworth's track and cross-country teams.

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‘Our job is their hobby’: Family finds scrapbooking success, paper-crafting boom despite industry decline

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 20, 2021

Michele Craft and her daughter Lauren Seals have watched sales and customer numbers rise during the pandemic for a family-operated scrapbooking supply store, the Coop, in Airway Heights and online at 3craftchicks.com.

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In touch with safety: Guidelines say gloves aren’t required for COVID-19 vaccinators

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 18, 2021

University instructors began fielding the angry calls in January soon after pictures of students giving COVID-19 vaccines were in the news and on social media.

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Weekly check-ins for wellness: Ramped-up ALTCEW program offers calls for isolated disabled and senior residents

Mon., Feb. 15, 2021

Check and Connect is a newly ramped-up program of Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington with a goal to reduce social isolation and victim abuse among senior and disabled populations during the pandemic. The program began slowly in March.

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The first class: WSU’s new medical school is graduating its first 60 students in the spring

Thu., Feb. 11, 2021

An audience cheered the first 60 Washington State University members of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in August 2017. The future doctors are set to graduate this May, including Phoebe Tham, who reflects on what it's meant to be in WSU's inaugural class.

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To the extreme: Family celebrates as 31-mile hike finishers to honor sister

Sat., Feb. 6, 2021

Two sisters who grew up in Spokane covered 31 miles of Portland's Wildwood Trail on Oct. 3, raising $10,150 from pledges in the "Xtreme Hike" challenge for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s research. Nicole Jonak and Amanda Nelson on Jan. 28 received recognition for their fundraising.

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‘Status quo is not the way to go’: Sugar, alcohol allowances remain in U.S. dietary guidelines, but watch it, local health leaders say

UPDATED: Fri., April 9, 2021

A majority of Americans fall short of a healthy diet, including too many calories from sugar. Battling U.S. obesity rates, experts warn against such heavy sweetened consumption. Dieticians have long urged curbing "added sugars" typically from drinks, sweeteners and more.

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Molina Healthcare partners with family services to help at-risk mothers

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 3, 2021

Hundreds of care packages recently were sent out statewide to support at-risk mothers and their families, with the bags holding pandemic safety items and pamphlets. Molina Healthcare partnered with Family Education & Support Services by donating 750 care packages.

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A stable life: Support widens to prevent youth homelessness in the state

Mon., Feb. 1, 2021

Each year in Washington state, about 1,800 young adults find themselves unstably housed within a year of leaving a publicly funded system such as foster care or a criminal justice facility, a new agency report says. That too often leads to another problem: homelessness. 

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‘Dense tissue can hide cancers’: New clinic to offer imaging technology to detect small breast cancer mass

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 28, 2021

Angela Barnes always felt uneasy that her mammograms wouldn't detect cancer. Because she had an earlier breast augmentation, Barnes signed a waiver each time acknowledging that her implant might obscure a cancer tumor.

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Back in the fold: Family finds misplaced and beloved WSU quilt

Mon., Jan. 18, 2021

A beloved Washington State University-themed quilt has returned back into a family's fold. Made for her parents by Carol McCabe Adams from T-shirts of WSU family-attended events for decades, the quilt was a 2012 Christmas present she gave to Wes and Dolly McCabe of Spokane, longtime Cougar fans and donors.

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Vision quest: Trayci Ballin credits early detection of keratoconus with saving her eyes, encourages others to be vocal about changes in sight

Thu., Jan. 14, 2021

When her vision first declined, Spokane resident Trayci Ballin shrugged it off as a sign of aging. She'd noticed a minor change in June 2019 after having 20/20 vision for about 14 years after Lasik surgery. At an eye exam, she was told her sight still was sharp to pass a vision exam for her driver's license.