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Mobile medicine looks to cover health care gaps

Two separate services gear up in Spokane area

October 24, 2019

Two separate health care partnerships here - one involving MultiCare Health System and the other involving Washington State University - have created relationships with mobile health care services to provide treatment for different patient populations

WSU to take another run at redeveloping Jensen-Byrd building

Project is one of many envisioned, underway in University District

October 24, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Spokane's University District has become a hotbed of development activity with envisioned projects valued at more than $135 million on top of over $225 million in projects currently underway.

Baby boomers face decision of a generation

Spokane area, longtime business owners look to sell, shutter as careers wind down

October 24, 2019

Kevin Blocker

Ronald Brown plans to travel and do more photography after he finishes selling off inventory at Brown Building Materials, the East Spokane surplus store he's operated since the late 1980s.

Remitly opens Spokane office

International money transfer company cites talent pool here

October 16, 2019

Mike McLean

Remitly, a Seattle-based international money transfer company that claims to serve nearly 2 million customers, has opened a Spokane office in the Bennett Block building, at 503 W. Main downtown. The company transfers more than $6 billion annually for c

2019 Best Places to Work in the Inland Northwest

Congratulations Winners!

October 10, 2019

Staff Report

On Oct. 9, 2019 some of the top employers in our region gathered at the Spokane Convention Center to celebrate their employees and what it means to have an engaged workplace culture. In the months preceding, many area companies participated in a program i

Guest Commentary: Cumulative tax, fee increases lead to negative consequences

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October 10, 2019

Don Brunell

Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes, and fees on taxpayers; however, it comes back to bite them hard when people move or take matters into their own hands by initiative. Consider what is happening in

The Journal's View: Community starts to reap benefits of medical schools

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October 10, 2019

Staff Report

The Spokane business community is reaping the benefits now of years of persistent diligence in its pursuit of more medical education, and Washington State University, the University of Washington, and Gonzaga University should be applauded for fully

East Central center adds Head Start space

CHAS dental clinic will replace classroom building

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

The East Central Community Center is adding space to its building to serve an Early Head Start program. Carolina Lopez, executive assistant at the Martin Luther King Family Outreach Center, which operates the community center, says work to renovate three

Union Gospel Mission plans two new stores

Projects in early stages; one property purchased

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane plans to expand its thrift store operations by adding two new outlets in the next few years. Dean Bitz, director of operations for the nonprofit, says the projects are still in the early planning stages, but

CarePartners plans memory-care facility on Spokane's North Side

Spokane Special Care cottages to offer 60 beds

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

A 60-bed memory care facility is planned for Spokane's North Side, says Kelley Smith, CarePartners Management Group LLC vice president of sales and marketing. Spokane Special Care Community, owned and operated by Mercer Island, Washington-based