To say that 2009 has been a challenging year for the Shriners Hospitals for Children-Spokane would be quite an understatement, given that the 85-year-old hospital was on a possible closure list for months before being given a reprieve in July by a

Providence Health Care CEO Dr. Andy Agwunobi has adopted a more conciliatory tone toward Rockwood Clinic as that big health-care provider moves closer to a proposed sale of its practice to Providence rival Community Health Systems Inc.Rockwood by

The landscape of music and video sales and rentals has changed dramatically here, with smaller players dwindling in number and national companies seeking ways to stem losses as formidable competition from Internet ordering and delivery methods of a

A task force that has studied whether it's feasible to establish a four-year medical school in Spokane has concluded that such a school is feasible, says Brian Pitcher, chancellor of Washington State University Spokane and a member of the task a 1

Two occupational nurses who once worked at Kaiser Aluminum's Trentwood rolling mill have built a growing business that helps employers here reduce employees' lost work time by managing their health and safety programs better and providing case and

The Center of Occupational Health and Education, a pilot project launched in 2003 with a center here and one in Renton, Wash., has succeeded in cutting workers' compensation costs, and now its leaders are working on a plan to elevate it to a as as