At 8 years old, Mason Diamond, of Spokane, was like a lot of kids. The active youngster loved playing sports, hanging out with friends, and spending time with his doting parents and carefree siblings. But Mason's world took a daunting turn on Sept. 3

Franchisees Jamie and Melissa Major have brought Ellie Mental Health to Coeur d'Alene. The new mental health outpatient clinic, Ellie Mental Health of North Idaho, is one of more than 300 franchises the St. Paul, Minnesota-based franchising company

The Native Project, a Spokane-based social-service nonprofit, is proposing a new $8 million project for children and youth services at 1907 W. Maxwell, in Spokane's West Central neighborhood, according to preliminary planning documents on file with the

Chicana Esthetics LLC has seen strong growth in its number of clients since launching in November as a cosmetic skin studio focused on skin health issues for people of Native American, Asian, African American, and Latino backgrounds.

Frontier Behavioral Health has created a new model of caring for clients that relies more heavily on employees who have bachelor's degrees that supplement those who have more advanced degree in an industry desperate for workers.

A new Community Health Association of Spokane clinic is planned in Spokane's Chief Garry Park neighborhood, next to a new Crosswalk youth shelter proposed by Volunteers of America Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho. Both new construction projects