Kathleen Cavender, 61, a part-time jazz singer and full-time artist in Spokane, had been married to her husband Mike for nearly 30 years when he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an autoimmune disease that turns the lungs to scar tissue.

Fairwood Retirement Village & Assisted Living opened more than 26 years ago as a family-run facility, and directors there say they continue to strive to treat everyone at the community like family. Fairwood has 165 independent-living units and 55 assiste

Organizers of Spokane-based PRIDE Prep School of Technology and Science, the first charter school approved in Washington state, are laying the groundwork now to open in the fall of 2015. Led by former Spokane public school teacher and administrator Bre

Washington State University Spokane has partnered with Northwest Autism Center, of Spokane, to launch an interdisciplinary program for speech and hearing sciences graduate students to gain hands-on experience while helping children with autism spectrum di

Jerry Smith, at Spokane-based insurance and employee-benefits brokerage Moloney+O'Neill, helps departing employees of certain companies pursue other career options. As director of career-transition and outplacement services at Moloney+O'Neill, Smit

Glover Mansion Events LLC, of Spokane, owned by Bob Adolfson and his wife, Kimberly Coy, has opened a new event center in Spokane Valley, and Adolfson says it has gotten off to an encouraging start. The Spokane Valley Event Center is located at 10514 E.