Virginia Thomas

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

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

OAC Services focuses on client, employee relationships

Project manager predicts more design-build jobs

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

When Jeff Jurgensen opened the Spokane office of Seattle-based construction and project management company OAC Services Inc. in 2006, he noticed a distinct lack of project management companies here, he says. Jurgensen, senior associate of construction

Parting Thoughts With Dave Newton of Odom Corp.

Account exec reflects on 35 years working in the beverage industry

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

Dave Newton has been with beverage distribution company The Odom Corp. for nearly 20 years, 15 of which he's spent as senior chain account executive. When Odom came to the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market, Newton opened its first Coeur d'Alene

Postpartum depression is more than 'baby blues'

Perinatal mood disorders include anxiety, PTSD

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

As many as one in five mothers experience postpartum depression, says Spokane-based licensed independent clinical social worker and therapist Corynn Manske. 'We pretty much all know somebody, whether we know it or not, who has gone through it,â€

Hardwick & Sons moves ahead in Post Falls

Former Seattle hardware store operator plans mid-2020 opening

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

Hardwick & Sons hardware store has selected a site along east Mullan Avenue in Post Falls for its new store, the architect on the project says. Mark Latham, owner of Post Falls-based ML Architect & Associates Inc., says a 22,000-square-foot building

15th annual Fall Festival of Homes kicks off this weekend

Local builders spotlight 30 newly-constructed homes throughout county

September 26, 2019

Virginia Thomas

The Spokane Home Builders Association is holding its 15th annual Fall Festival of Homes over the next two weekends. SHBA executive officer Joel White says the festival will feature 30 homes newly constructed by 19 different builders

Deposits rise for most banks with branches in Spokane area

Washington Trust garners highest market share for 10th consecutive year

September 26, 2019

Virginia Thomas

Deposits at bank branches in the Spokane area grew by 1.7% in the 2019 fiscal year, according to a new report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.