MISHAWAKA — Two of the area’s biggest healthcare providers are joining forces in the fight against cancer.

The South Bend Clinic and Goshen Health System announced Thursday it is forming a partnership to provide what it calls “fully-integrated” cancer care in St. Joseph County — a model of care Goshen already uses at its Center for Cancer Care in Elkhart County.

“We are coming together against a common enemy, and that enemy is cancer,” said Joseph Gagliardi, senior vice president of Goshen Center for Cancer Care and CEO of the new venture to be called Cancer Care Partners. “We will use

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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Real Goods Solar Inc. has been selling solar panels for homes for years, but its latest mail-order catalog goes one step further: The Louisville (LOO’-iss-vil), Colo., company offers a whole solar house, with a choice of traditional or cedar siding.

The factory-built, one-story house by Boulder-based Solar Village Homes goes for $90,000 to $120,000. It has energy-efficient and energy-producing features, including solar electrical and hot water systems. Setting it up could cost $40,000 to $100,000 extra.

Solar Village co-founder Mark Kostovny says it’s possible for solar home owners to have no energy bills, depending on their consumption.

DENVER (AP) — It’s prime season for tanning beds, when proms and spring beach vacations prompt young women to pack indoor salons in search of bronze skin to go with their new bikinis.

But business is slow this spring. Health warnings about the skin cancer risks of tanning beds, combined with consumers forgoing nonessentials in this recession, have the nation’s estimated 18,000 tanning salons on hard times. Now they’re bracing for another hit: A 10 percent tax on tanning bed use starts nationwide this July, part of the federal health care overhaul.

“Will I be here next year? I don’t know,” said Kristi Alpers, owner of Cherry Creek Tans in Denver. T

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The state will conduct 11 free workshops on foreclosure to give advice to homeowners looking to understand their rights and options for avoiding losing their homes.

South Bend’s workshop: 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at WorkOne, 851 S. Marietta St.

The attorney general’s office has partnered with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development and its WorkOne Centers and the Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network to offer the workshops. M

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced new paving specifications that allow more use of recycled materials.

INDOT says it will allow increased amounts of reclaimed asphalt and roofing shingles to be included in hot mix asphalt.

Contractors already re-use concrete and asphalt pavement removed during road projects for the highway’s sub-base and shoulder.

INDOT estimates increasing the amount of reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled roofing shingles within asphalt mixes could save $10 million to $15 million on annual paving expenses.