Health Care

B. Guest Commentary: Wear a mask to save lives, preserve jobs, defeat virus.

Staying safe and open...

July 30, 2020

Wearing a mask saves lives and saves jobs. From Seattle to our small towns, workers are masking up before starting their shifts on manufacturing floors, in restaurant kitchens, construction sites, and hardware stores. This simple tool is even more

Allen foundation study to aid virus response

$3.4M UW research to determine state's infection prevalence

July 30, 2020

Staff Report

The Washington state Department of Health and the University of Washington Medicine, backed by the Seattle-based philanthropic organization Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, have launched a major study to determine the percentage of Washingtonians who have

Owsley set to launch reflections Aesthetic Spa in Post Falls

Restaurants & Retai

July 30, 2020

Kevin Blocker

A 30-year veteran of plastic surgery, Post Falls, Idaho-based Dr. Mark Owsley says he's opening an aesthetics spa to operate in conjunction with his practice.

Journal selects Rising Stars

2020 class to be honored at Sept. 10 virtual event

July 30, 2020

Linn Parish

The Journal of Business has selected 10 Spokane-area young professionals as its 2020 class of Rising Stars. Those future leaders will be honored at a virtual event on Sept. 10. This year's honorees include five women and five men, all of whom are

WSU to debut senior-living major

Private-sector investment, input led to new emphasis

July 30, 2020

Kevin Blocker

About a decade ago, some of the nation's leading senior care providers began reaching out to Washington State University's School of Hospitality Business Management about establishing academic courses in their field.

Portland developer advances U District housing plans

Company could start work this fall on $20M project

July 30, 2020

Natasha Nellis

A Portland-based development company could break ground on its planned $20 million Boxcar Apartments in the University District as early as October, says managing partner Tom Cody. The company, Project PDX

Working the unemployment system

Many people are making more on unemployment than in jobs, some say

July 30, 2020

Virginia Thomas

While the number of people unemployed in Washington state is falling slowly, a combination of fear of contracting COVID-19 and an additional $600 in weekly federal pandemic unemployment benefits have led some people to refuse to return to work, some

Medcurity nets second investment from West Side

SeaChange puts $500,000 into medical-records startup

July 16, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Medical records-tech company Medcurity Inc. says it has secured a second round of funding this year from a West Side investment firm. The firm, SeaChange Fund, invested $500,000 in Spokane-based Medcurity earlier this month. SeaChange, founded in 2018

Selkirk Pharma expands vision for West Plains plant

Plans on file with city show startup intends to employ 320 people

July 16, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Selkirk Pharma Inc.'s envisioned manufacturing plant on the West Plains will be more than double the size originally indicated, emerging details show. The Spokane-based injectable-drug manufacturing and packaging startup could break ground on the

Inland Northwest Spine adds new robotic microscope

Modus V said to ease surgeries, allow student viewing of operations

July 2, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Inland Northwest Spine & Neurosurgery PLLC, of Coeur d'Alene, has a new piece of operating room equipment that orthopedic surgeon Dr. Douglas Blaty says is a vast improvement over previous tools. The Modus V digital microscope, produced by