YMCA of the Inland Northwest has purchased 15 acres of vacant land for $3.4 million in the Moran Prairie neighborhood on Spokane's South Hill, where the nonprofit plans to build a new fitness facility.

Kootenai Health has started construction of a $37.3 million heart center expansion on its main hospital campus in Coeur d'Alene. The heart center will grow to 13 operating rooms from 11 and expand to five procedure rooms from three to meet the needs

Paw Print Genetics, the Spokane-based animal genetic testing company, has changed hands. Lansing, Michigan-based Neogen Corp. acquired Genetic Veterinary Sciences Inc., which does business as Paw Print Genetics, in a transaction that was completed last

It has been another financially volatile year for the health care industry in Spokane. With the discovery of the omicron variant, there are still too many unknowns to forecast what is in store for hospitals in 2022, say health care officials.

Peg Currie, chief executive of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital and chief operating officer of Providence Inland Northwest Washington, is retiring at the end of next month. Currie is capping a 40-year health care career.

Physical therapy providers specializing in pelvic health issues have seen growth in patients seeking their help. While pelvic health traditionally has been viewed as a women's health issue, providers assert that pelvic health impacts men and children

Community-Minded Enterprises' CEO Lee Williams has announced she will be retiring from her position effective Dec. 10. Named CEO in 2018, Williams previously served as the organization's early learning initiative director.

MultiCare Health System has added its own pharmacy at its clinic east of downtown Spokane in a move that it says will streamline medication services for patients. The MultiCare Rockwood Pharmacy opened Nov. 1 at 400 E. Fifth, in the same building as the

Health care facilities in Spokane and Kootenai counties are experiencing a low supply of blood products that threatens to compromise patient health, Inland Northwest providers say. Erin Baker, Spokane-based senior donor recruitment manager at Vitalant