Physician assistants are playing a more vital role in health care communities across the U.S. In Spokane, many of these physician assistants are graduates of the University of Washington's MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program here. Currently

More hospitality management students are showing interest in the senior housing management niche, says Nancy Swanger, a professor with Washington State University's School of Hospitality who oversees a class on senior housing management. The school fi

Kim McMillin describes music as her language, one she has helped others become fluent in through her business, The Center for Music Therapy.

Homeschooling is becoming somewhat more common in the Spokane area, advocates here say. Data aren't available for homeschooling in North Idaho, but homeschooling supporters there are a passionate, close-knit and growing group as well, proponents say.

Spokane-based H-Source Holdings Ltd., which owns young online medical marketplace H-Source Inc., went public on the Canadian Securities Exchange earlier this month. The company, which is trading under the symbol HSI, released 50 million shares, with a 3

Two local brothers, Jordan and Joel Tampien, have bought the former Spokane Boxing Building at 1826 E. Sprague and plan to house their start-up real estate brokerage, 4 Degrees Real Estate, there after completing renovations. The building has 6,000 squar