As unemployment in our state continues to hover above 9 percent, Washington doctors and clinics see more people each day who can’t afford the prescription medicines they need to make a difference in their health. From medicines that keep their hearts healthy to mental illness medicines that turn lives of uncertainty into lives of stability, new treatments are a growing part of effective treatment.
Facing a $3 billion budget gap next year, Gov. Chris Gregoire recently announced a renewed initiative to streamline state government. The governor created a 32-person panel to scour state agencies for efficiencies vowing, “There are no sacred cows.”
If you are looking to spice up your appetizer trays, or add a little extra something to your evening cocktails, then the local business of has something to offer.
Maple Valley resident Jim McCaslin has been producing pickled delicacies since 2003, but his connection to these delights goes further back in history.
In the 1970s, Washington’s public utilities embarked on an aggressive nuclear power building project managed by the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS). Unfortunately, the effort ultimately became known as “Whoops!”
Mark Scarff, president of Bowen Scarff Ford Lincoln Mercury, announced the car dealer is moving all sales and service from the Covington location to the remodeled Kent location at 1157 Central Ave. N., effective Friday, June 25, 2010.
My wife and I survived two major home remodeling projects and we’ve got the battle scars to prove it. Like most people feeling cramped for space – thanks to two growing children in our case – we weighed the pluses and minuses of remodeling versus moving to a larger home. Because we live in a great neighborhood with strong local schools, we ultimately decided to stay put and remodel, but everyone’s case is different.
China is in the midst of a global strategy to move its products to market and obtain the natural resources it needs to fuel its red-hot economy.
Virtual Networking Service, formally a local Internet service provider and web-hosting business, announced the creation of a community portal, Maple Valley Online.
The city of Maple Valley’s Economic Development Committee and the Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce have come together to develop a “Buy Local” campaign.
If you want a glimpse of what health care will look like under Obamacare, look at what is going on in Massachusetts.
In 2006, state lawmakers passed the Massachusetts Health Reform law. It was touted as a wave of the future and was the model for the new federal health reform law. But after a few short years, the law seems less like a wave and more like a sinking ship.
Fred Meyer customers donated $3,676.63 to the Tahoma School District by dropping their change in the coin boxes located at the Covington Fred Meyer check stands. The Maple Valley School District will receive the check this week.
Ever since Individual Retirement Accounts were introduced in the 1970s, the numbers of tax-advantaged retirement savings options – and participants – have continued to grow. One relatively new alternative that’s gaining popularity is the Roth 401(k) plan.
Most people know that our $13 trillion national debt is endangering America’s credit rating and pushing the United States closer to bankruptcy. But hidden beneath the surface is another ticking time bomb that threatens economic collapse in cities and states across the country: unfunded public employee pensions.
ach year, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) publishes a list of the best to worst state tax systems for entrepreneurship and small business.
Valley Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines – Heart Failure Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies Valley has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients with 85 percent compliance for at least 24 months to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology secondary prevention guidelines for heart failure patients.
Manfred Tempelmayr, the president of Sound Publishing since 2000 has decided to retire while he’s still young enough to enjoy it. Tempelmayr, 60, will trade in his full-time slot for a part-time consulting position for the next two years. After that, the world and the future are wide open, he said.
As legislators and others comb through the massive health-care reform law, they are finding little-known provisions that will have a big impact on the American people and our economy.
What’s one thing you can do to restrain your health care costs, decrease your chances of experiencing a medical injury and put yourself in control of your medical care? The correct answer is close to home: review and confirm your prescription medications.
Much of the modern practice of medicine comes down to you and your doctor choosing the right prescription drug.
Could Washington and Oregon’s growing fleet of wind turbines become too much of a good thing? Perhaps.
Seattle-based publishers of the Northwest’s premier golf magazine, Cascade Golfer, announced details of a six-event series of golf tournaments for amateur golfers in 2010 that will feature more than $100,000 in prizes, including rounds of golf at some of the West Coast’s premier venues, travel packages to Bandon Dunes, Hawaii, Palm Springs and more, a trip to the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, and tickets to the 2010 U.S. Amateur and 2010 U.S. Senior Open, and more.
