Special Report

CFA Society dinner slated for tonight downtown

Investment group brings in industry veterans for keynote

March 13, 2014

The CFA Society of Spokane, an organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals, has slated two industry veterans to speak at its 20th annual Economic Forecast Dinner tonight at the Davenport Hotel. A reception

Inland Northwest Lighthouse nearly set to expand

Work wrapping up on addition to nonprofit's North Side plant

March 13, 2014

Treva Lind

Nonprofit Inland Northwest Lighthouse, which operates a manufacturing facility in North Spokane where it employs nearly 50 people, soon will start using a major expansion of its building there that it says will enable it to expand its workforce. Baker

Second Harvest expands facilities to fill big food need

Second Harvest expects Tri-Cities project to boost its capabilities

March 13, 2014

Katie Ross

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest is moving forward with several large projects this year, including a $2.5 million, 26,000-square-foot second-phase expansion of its Pasco, Wash., warehouse facility, says President and CEO Jason Luke Clark.

The Academy retirement center embraces its old-school appeal

The Academy boasts steady occupancy rate

February 27, 2014

Mike McLean

The Academy, a Merrill Gardens Community, located in a venerable Victorian building in the Gonzaga University neighborhood east of downtown, has been nearly full for a number of years, even through the Great Recession, says Mark Scroggin, the facility's

Developer starts work on $5 million rental complex

42-unit Broadway Villas to target empty nesters

February 27, 2014

Mike McLean

A Spokane Valley development company has started work on the first phase of a $5 million residential rental complex that will be marketed to independent seniors. The 42-unit complex named Broadway Villas will be comprised of six triplex structures and

Tiller Care Strategies focuses on assisting seniors in transition

Tiller Care Strategies finds support services, facilities

February 27, 2014

Treva Lind

Becky Tiller, owner of the geriatric care management service Tiller Care Strategies LLC, of Spokane, says clients most frequently ask how to decide when it's time to move a loved one into a long-term care facility. Tiller suggests approaching the de

Many employers hanging tough with dental coverage

But third of state residents lack oral-health insurance

February 13, 2014

Staff Report

The beginning of the New Year brought a lot of change in our health care system. Business owners and employees had many decisions to make. The changes in medical coverage from the Affordable Care Act and the challenges with enrollment were overwhelming-

Next-generation pathology is close to being reality

Digital review, genomic medicine among changes

February 13, 2014

David C. Hoak

When I was young, my father would take me to the lab on weekends. He would look at smears of blood under the microscope, place samples on circular blood plates to allow bacteria to grow, and type out biopsy and pap test reports by himself on a typewriter

Small-employer health insurance to evolve in '14

Cost, affordability to remain top of mind

February 13, 2014

Bill Akers

The last few months of news have not been kind to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Implementation of the Exchange has been smooth in Washington state compared with the badly flawed rollout of healthcare.gov nationally. But, regardless of

Noninvasive prenatal testing shows potential

Simple blood test can ID risk factors in pregnancy

February 13, 2014

Matt Tschirgi

There is a new blood test that is taking the world of prenatal diagnosis by storm: noninvasive prenatal testing. It can be performed on a pregnant woman as early as 10 weeks gestation, perhaps even before she has announced to family and friends that