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News >  Family

WSU grant expands smart-home research at Spokane facility

An inter-professional team of scientist from Washington State University received a $1.77 million grant to research smart-home technology to monitor health and safety of seniors in the home. Project works includes expanding on a pilot at Touchmark on South Hill.
News >  Spokane

Spokane Valley couple volunteers with Irma evacuees in Florida

Spokane Valley couple Chuck and Janet Boehme headed toward Orlando Tuesday afternoon and saw more outages, store shortages and heavy traffic. They expect Wednesday to head to coastal areas to give meals to affected residents from the specially equipped American Red Cross feeding truck they drove from Spokane.
News >  Home and garden

Saltese one-room schoolhouse project turns heads

The old Saltese Schoolhouse, later Greenaces Grange, has new owners John and Alyson McLean, husband-and-wife team of Spokane’s Blue Room Architecture & Design. They’ve shared plans to restore historic aspects of the pioneer school they’re converting into a living-work space.
News >  Family

Pilot explores food security at three Spokane schools

In fall 2014, a $300,000 grant from Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation launched a three-year nutritional outreach through Second Harvest at three Spokane-area elementary schools: Lidgerwood, Bemiss and Trent. These sites all have high rates of free and reduced-price meals.
News >  Health

Ride to Care expands into Spokane Valley

A pilot program for medical transportation recently expanded to Spokane Valley. The Ride to Care program through SNAP was launched in January, then only within the city of Spokane, in conjunction with health care providers, insurance companies and philanthropic organizations.
News >  Family

Families use strategies to land scholarships

Spokane-area school leaders encourage that students start early and think ahead, because scholarship dollars are out there – sometimes unclaimed – from local, state and national sources.
News >  Family

Capture all-in-the-family vacations

It’s an expanding travel sector: A growing number of families who invite extended relatives to go to a tourist destination. Such experiences often includes grandparents, parents, kids and cousins enjoying travel together – sometimes on cruises, in tour groups, or at resorts.
News >  Business

The Dirt: Mixed use planned for Music City Building

The Music City Building, at 1011 W. First Ave., is scheduled to have 3,300 square feet of space remodeled for business use. It will have common areas, and just over 20,000 square feet of space will be converted into about 14 apartments based on building permit information.
News >  Family

Teaching teens about dating abuse

Jenny Moeller, founder of the Spokane group Create Your Statement, has built curriculum around teaching teenagers to recognize danger signs and empower them to avoid unhealthy relationships.
News >  Business

Umpqua plans $1M remodel in downtown building

Umpqua Bank has lined up a $1 million interior remodel for the second floor of its downtown Spokane office building. The company owns the 95,000-square-foot structure at 111 N. Wall St. that was formerly Sterling Bank headquarters. Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, is the contractor for the upgrades covering a 15,200-square-foot area.
News >  Family

Taking a pass on parents’ possessions

Estate sales line up yesteryear’s valuables: china, silver, collectibles, oak furniture, 1980s geese decor. Increasingly, adult children of aging parents don’t want – or can’t fit – all that stuff.
News >  Spokane

Senior living community expanding

Evergreen Fountains, a Spokane Valley senior living community, is expanding its facility by adding a three-story residential building and 12 cottage homes.
News >  Family

Splish-splash with water safety in mind

For those diving into wave-filled activities, regional recreation and safety leaders also remind residents to think about water safety. Drowning can occur within 30 seconds.
News >  Family

Hanging onto the family lake place takes work

Multiple generations have hung onto ownership of the family lake cabins, but it’s often not easy. Ask those families today, and they’ll share decades of memories – fishing, boating and bonding near water’s edge – but hanging on can be a struggle. With high and rising property taxes, and dynamics among a growing number of family members, keeping the “lake place” has its unusual challenges.
News >  Spokane

The Dirt: Design-build duo selected for Airway Heights rec center

Airway Heights City Council members plan to start the building of a community recreation center by fall, after recently selecting a design-build team of Lydig Construction with ALSC Architects. The 35,000-square-foot Airway Heights Recreation Center at 11405 W. Deno Road will include indoor pools, a gymnasium and fitness areas.