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.