June 17 / Providence to open second urgent-care clinic

Spokane-based Providence Medical Group said it will open its second urgent-care clinic here, named Providence Urgent Care-5th & Division and located at 421 S. Division, on July 1. The 485-member medical group opened its first urgent-care clinic a year ago at 441 E. Hawthorne, on Spokane's North Side. A third clinic, at Providence Medical Park in Spokane Valley, is under construction and expected to open early next year.

June 17 / U-District bridge plan approved

The Spokane City Council endorsed plans for a 120-foot-tall pedestrian suspension bridge that will link Washington State University Spokane and the University District to Sprague Avenue east of Division Street. It voted 6-1 to spend $1.4 million of state-provided money on a contract to design the bridge. The overall cost of the project, which backers assert will help fuel residential and commercial projects on the south side of railroad tracks separating the two areas, is expected to be around $14 million.

June 14 / Second hospital CEO here resigns

Rockwood Health System, the Spokane-based unit of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health System Inc., of Franklin, Tenn., said Dennis Barts, CEO of Valley Hospital, will be leaving his post July 5 to accept a CEO position at a hospital in Boulder, Colo. Bill Gilbert, CEO of Deaconess Hospital, which also is part of Rockwood Health System, left that hospital in April after accepting a corporate position with CHS. National searches to fill both positions are under way.

June 11 / City releases capital improvement plan

The city of Spokane said it has developed a draft capital improvement program that prioritizes projects the city intends to build during the next six years and lays out a plan to pay for the improvements. The draft, which uses the city's comprehensive plan to help focus efforts on the types of building and infrastructure projects the city should be implementing, will be presented to the city council during a study session on June 27 and will remain in draft form until after the 2014 budget has been approved.

June 11 / EWU launches $15 million campaign

Eastern Washington University President Rodolfo Arevalo said the Cheney-based school has launched its first-ever comprehensive fundraising campaign. The effort will seek to raise $15 million for new projects and programs at EWU while also seeking to enhance "a culture of giving and philanthropy during a period of record enrollment and limited state funding," the university said in a press release.

June 10 / Parking meters to accept plastic

As part of an ongoing effort to improve customer service, the city of Spokane said it plans to replace 800 parking meters downtown by this fall with new models that will enable motorists to pay with credit cards, coins, or cell phones. Each meter will contain a vehicle sensor that will track individual spot occupancy, turnover, and overall time stays, the city said. It said the data will be used to further refine the parking system and enable visitors to see available parking on a Web-based application.

Corrections & Amplifications

In some cases with a doctor's recommendation, women can continue breast feeding while taking certain low-dosage antidepressants. A story in the Journal's June 6 issue about support services here for postpartum depression sufferers didn't mention that information.