Spokane-based Empire Health Foundation now operates out of the recently remodeled former Civic Building, although staffers as of last week were still unpacking boxes after moving from temporary quarters across Riverside Avenue.

The Chartered Financial Analyst Society Spokane, an organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals, has grown from about 40 members to 70 members since 2005, mainly from starting a subchapter in Montana, holding

Washington state Sens. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, and Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, Wash., are co-sponsoring a bill that would create two elder justice centers-one in each senator's city-in a pilot program designed to help protect seniors from abuse

With the popularity of cremation growing, the Fairmount Memorial Association, a Spokane-based nonprofit cemetery organization, is extending a new choice for honoring someone who was cremated, called cremation gardens.

The Village at Orchard Ridge, formerly Coeur d'Alene Senior Living, has taken on a new name as its operators look forward to guiding it into its second century of service.

While data would indicate patient interest in direct primary health care hasn't grown locally, it could be a trend on a national level, and Hayden, Idaho-based doctor Richard R. Samuel is taking part in that trend.

A group of medical professionals affiliated with Northwest Specialty Hospital, in Post Falls, is developing another complex near the hospital that's to be called Syringa Medical Campus, says Darron Rock, a spokesman for the group, North Idaho Surgical H