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SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- People to People Ambassador Programs, a leader in global educational travel experiences, launched its new, interactive Web site http://www.peopletopeople.com. Based on input from teachers, parents, students and alumni who have traveled the world with People to People Ambassador Programs, the company has made it easier for customers to review and evaluate the programs that fit their area of interest and register for a program. The company has also...

SPOKANE, WA, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Minera Andes Inc. (TSX-MAI and US OTC: MNEAF) today reported a net loss of $3.5 million or $0.02 per share in its third quarter of 2008 financial statements. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, Minera Andes recorded a net profit of $3.6 million or $0.02 per share. Our financial statements are available at http://www.sedar.com/. Minera Andes' revenue is derived from Minera Santa Cruz S.A.("MSC"), which is owned 49% by Minera Andes and...

SPOKANE, WA, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Minera Andes Inc. (TSX: MAI and US OTC: MNEAF) is pleased to announce details of the San Jose mine performance to September 30, 2008. The San Jose project is operated by Minera Santa Cruz S.A. ("MSC") and is owned 49% by Minera Andes and 51% by Hochschild Mining plc ("Hochschild") (HOCM.L: Reuters and HOC LN: Bloomberg - London Stock Exchange). Hochschild is the operator of the project. Gross proceeds from metal sales during the third quarter of...

SPOKANE, WA, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Minera Andes Inc. (TSX: MAI and US OTC: MNEAF) is pleased to report that a technical report in support of a resource estimate for Minera Andes' Los Azules copper project in Argentina has been filed in accordance with National Instrument 43-101.andis available at http://www.sedar.com/. The new technical report, by Minera Andes' independent consultant Donald B. Tschabrun, MAusIMM, of Tetra Tech in conjunction with Robert Sim, P.Geo., an...

By McLean, Mike Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $23 million contract to build a 49,000-square-foot medical structure at the Washington State Penitentiary, in Walla Walla. About half of the new structure, to be called the Health Services Building, will be used for inpatient services at the high-security prison, says Nanette Graham, a project manager with the Washington state Department of Corrections. It will have 46 infirmary beds for medical patients and 18 beds for...

By McLean, Mike Spokane Valley-based Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co. says it plans to expand a basalt quarry on a square mile of property it owns in the Wandermere area north of Spokane. The property is located east of the north end of Perry Street and north of Winger Road. It's just east of Wandermere Estates, a 190- lot upscale residential development. Central Pre-Mix has been mining the quarry for more than 50 years, says Dwight Hume, a Spokane land-use consultant hired by Central Pre-Mix....

SPOKANE, WA, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Minera Andes Inc. (TSX: MAI and US OTC: MNEAF) is pleased to announce the receipt of excellent results from the metallurgical testing program completed as part of the Los Azules Project 43-101 Preliminary Assessment (scoping study) planned for completion by yearend. The test results show that the Los Azules ore material is amenable to conventional flotation recovery methods and that the overall metal recoveries and the copper concentrate grades...

SPOKANE, WA, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Minera Andes Inc. (TSX: MAI and US OTC: MNEAF) is pleased to announce the results of an independent resource estimate at the Los Azules Copper deposit located in western San Juan province, Argentina. The Inferred Mineral Resource, at 0.35% total copper ("CuT") cut-off, is defined by an area approximately 3.7 km by 1 km in size and contains a high-grade near surface copper core in the north (see attached drill map and long section). This resource...

A veteran Seattle rock 'n' roll guitarist was killed by falling tree near Spokane, Wash., his family said. Joseph Shikany, 58, was killed Monday at his family's lake cabin near Spokane when a storm blew a tree over onto him, his nephew told The Seattle Times. Paul Shikany said his uncle had been trying to secure his boat to a dock when the accident happened. The newspaper said Shikany played guitar and bass for several well-known Seattle-area bands, including Magic Bus, Sex and Violins,...

SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts on health care information technology will be speaking on topics such as transparency, improving outcomes and patient safety, HIT applications, privacy and legislative activities at the Northwest Medical Informatics Symposium to be held September 8-10, 2008, in Spokane, Washington. Speakers include John Tooker, MD, American College of Physicians; John Glaser, PhD, Partners Health Care; Micky Tripathi, PhD, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative;...