Special Report

Proposed IRS reporting threshold increased; Bankers still don't like it

Supporters in Congress raise amount required to trigger IRS notification after industry blowback

November 4, 2021

Weeks after proposing a plan to require banks to report on accounts with inflows and outflows of $600 a year over reported income to the Internal Revenue Service, Congress has raised the proposed reporting threshold to $10,000 and added several exceptions

Merging interests at Inland Northwest banks and credit unions

Increase in transactions reflect industry trend

November 4, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Last month, a handful of credit unions and banks with a presence here announced two mergers and completed another. It's part of a pattern of increasing consolidation in both the credit union and banking industries, some industry leaders here say.

Antibody drugs reduce COVID's effects for some

Treatments approved for high-risk patients with early symptoms

October 21, 2021

Jessica Blackwell

Although many people who contract COVID-19 are asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, an alarming number of others are still becoming acutely ill and dying from the virus. COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy increases the survival rate for these

Dental clinics urge patients to resume routine care

Fear of COVID spread shouldn't delay treatment

October 21, 2021

Erica Bullock

Patients shouldn't put off their routine dentist appointments due to fears about exposure to COVID-19, some providers here say. 'The dental office is one of the safest places to be,â€ asserts Dr. Stephen Davis, corporate dental officer for

Spokane Gastroenterology partners with Velocity Clinical Research

In its Washington entry, Velocity conducts clinical trials through Preiksaitis' gastroenterology office

October 21, 2021

Karina Elias

Velocity Clinical Research, a national corporation with 28 dedicated research sites, has partnered with Spokane Gastroenterology Clinic PS, marking the clinic Velocity's entry into Washington state. Spokane Gastroenterology, established in 2016

Spokane Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Center builds new home

Larger clinic will be hub for Bale Doneen Method for preventive practice

October 21, 2021

Karina Elias

Spokane-based Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Center is building a new $1.5 million facility at 371 E. Fifth, across Fifth Avenue from MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, on Spokane's lower South Hill. The center will be moving from its current location

Battling Burnout at Inland Northwest hospitals

Employers offer stressed staff bonuses, counseling as measures to help

October 21, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Health care systems throughout the Inland Northwest are working against the effects of burnout on their staff, who continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Bryan Fix, chief human resources officer for the Washington and Montana regions for Providence

New Wells Fargo branch envisioned on South Hill

Lincoln Heights bank location may be ready for February opening

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. has begun planning a new bank branch inside the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center, on Spokane's South Hill, says Juan Lopez, Wells Fargo's senior communications consultant. The branch will be located at

Tenant improvements underway for Caliber Collision Center

North Side auto-body shop project expected to be completed in December

October 7, 2021

Erica Bullock

The city of Spokane has issued a building permit for remodel work valued at $750,000 for a new auto body shop in a building at 6430 N. Lidgerwood, east of the Lowes Cos. home improvement store on Spokane's North Side. Caliber Collision Centers

Used-car dealership planned at former Jim's Home Brew site

Demolition of long-time store expected soon

October 7, 2021

Erica Bullock

The old Jim's Home Brew Supply building at 2619 N. Division will be turned into a third location for Airway Heights-based auto dealership Cal Cars, pre-development conference application documents filed with the city of Spokane show. Representatives