Renovations are expected to be complete by September for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories' new Spokane Valley office. The engineering and manufacturing company based in Pullman is renovating a 7,000-square-foot office space at 3808 Sullivan Road. The company will lease the space, which formerly was a National…
PCWORLD had this write-up on the web browser Spokane's Mike Tigas built for Apple devices. Tigas is also a web developer for The Spokesman-Review. By Jeremy Kirk, IDG-News-Service:Sydney-Bureau A new privacy-enhancing web browser aimed at Apple users has steadily risen in popularity in the company's…
The North Idaho College Workforce Training Center will begin offering in January a commercial driver’s license course that will prepare people for entry-level jobs as truck drivers in less than six weeks.Truck driving jobs are in high demand, a news release from the workforce training…
North Idaho College has landed a $625,000 grant to train 300 health information technology professionals statewide. The funds are part of a $6.2 million grant awarded to eight community colleges in a 10-state region. The colleges will be responsible for training 2,400 students over a…
In a move that’s expected to save $7 million, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare will lay-off 126 employees and close nine of its 29 offices.“Hopefully things will recover,” said Tom Shanahan, a spokesman. “We’re worried about future cuts more than anything. We just…
Jeanne Bock, who has directed the Panhandle Health District since 2001, will retire this fall after 24 years of public health service in Idaho's five northern counties.The Board of Health accepted her retirement notice Thursday and plans to hire her successor by August.Bock led the…
Two free fair housing trainings will be offered in April in Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint.The trainings, sponsored by the Disability Action Center-NW, Intermountain Fair Housing Council and the city of Coeur d'Alene, will cover fair housing basics, disability rights and responsibilities, reasonable accommodations and legal…
Questionnaire Assistance Centers have begun opening across the country and in the Inland Northwest for people who need help filling out the 2010 census form.Coeur d'Alene locations include the St. Vincent de Paul HELP Center, 201 E. Harrison Ave., and the Idaho Department of Labor,…
