Continuous change in the health care industry served as the driving impetus for Group Health Cooperative as it started pursuing a partner a few years ago. That pursuit culminated at the end of last year when Oakland-based health insurer Kaiser Permanente

More hospitality management students are showing interest in the senior housing management niche, says Nancy Swanger, a professor with Washington State University's School of Hospitality who oversees a class on senior housing management. The school fi

Donald C. Brockett spent 33 years working in the Spokane County Prosecutor's Office, 25 of those as the office's lead attorney. He's argued cases at nearly every judicial level, including before the U.S. Supreme Court in the mid-1970s. Now, Brocket

While more than 100 residents currently live in the 6.6-acre Guardian Angel Homes Liberty Lake retirement complex, its facilities are designed to feel small and homelike, says Joan Estudillo, administrator of the Liberty Lake campus. The care facilities,

The term 'age in place” is used to describe those homeowners who desire to safely, independently, and comfortably remain in their homes and communities as long as possible. As the next wave of homeowners approaches retirement, looking to add age-rel

Boeing Employees Credit Union, which claims to be the fourth largest credit union in the U.S., is researching three possible locations available for lease-one near Gonzaga University, one in north Spokane, and one in Spokane Valley-as it prepares to e

Some tax preparers here say a few tax breaks that Congress recently made permanent will enable them to have a greater degree of certainty in helping clients with tax planning. Provisions made permanent in the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 20