Moscow, Idaho-based labor market analytics firm Emsi, one of North Idaho's largest tech employers, plans to expand its presence there with a new 70,000-square-foot headquarters.

Kindness for a Cause is a newly formed Spokane-based charity that seeks to cultivate kindness in the community by providing birthday and holiday events and donations for underprivileged children.

Sara Jane Ruggles, life enrichment director at North Star Assisted Living, in Coeur d'Alene, says staff members became misty-eyed as they watched residents participate in their first music therapy session.

Faced with an increasingly depleted donor pool and a critical need for blood, Vitalant, formerly the Inland Northwest Blood Center, is considering an update to its donor outreach technology in hopes of drawing in younger donors.

The Renaissance at Coeur d'Alene, an assisted living and memory care community in northwest Coeur d'Alene, has begun using a new technology engagement program called iN2L that's designed to help its residents feel happier and more engaged.

Cheney's planning commission has voted unanimously to recommend approval of rezoning of almost 5 acres of land near the southeast corner of Sixth Street and Simpson Parkway that would pave the way for construction of new Cheney Care Community duplexes.

Spokane-area thrift stores associated with nonprofit organizations say donations are increasing and sales are up, meaning more funding is going to the organizations and causes those stores benefit.