The Washington Health Benefit Exchange board of directors last month provided final certification of Qualified Health Plans to be offered through Washington Healthplanfinder during the second open enrollment period.

Spokane Eye Clinic PS and affiliate Spokane Optical Co. plan to move their Valley operations to the River View Corporate Center, says Lisa Werner, a spokeswoman for the clinic. Together, the longtime Spokane-based medical practice and the optical shop wi

Inland Northwest Health Services CEO Tom Fritz will retire at the end of this year, the organization announced today. Fritz, 62, has served as CEO of INHS for 16 years. The organization, which operates St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, Northwest M

Alliant Insurance Services, a national insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, Calif., has acquired Spokane-based insurance and employee-benefits brokerage Moloney O'Neill, the companies announced this morning. Terms of the transaction weren't

A land-use planning strategy intended to promote high-density development along Hamilton Street near Gonzaga University, could serve as an innovative first step toward neighborhood-specific zoning, assuming common sense prevails. As described in depth o

Congressman Sam Graves, of Missouri, who chairs the Committee on Small Business in the U.S. House of Representatives, recently sent a letter to the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy asking the agency to study the 'rise of occupational