Health Care

Building a Finn-tastic bond with babies

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April 11, 2019

Coeur d'Alene mom Michelle Armstrong has developed Finn the Panda, a new kind of toy that she says is designed to help provide comfort and bonding to babies in the hospital. 'Finn the Panda was created through our experience of having a baby

Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office set to move late this year

County begins permitting process for $10M project

March 28, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Spokane County has begun the permitting process for the planned $10 million renovation of a former carpet and wholesale flooring store at 102 S. Spokane, on the edge of the University District

Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery set to move in 2020

New facility on east Sprague expected to be complete by fall

March 28, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Construction is under way on a new $12 million, 30,000-square-foot Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery facility at 2230 E. Sprague.

Hope House to open in 2020

Organization hopes to break ground on four-story structure in the fall

March 28, 2019

Alla Drokina

Hope House, a women's shelter and low-income apartment complex that Volunteers of America Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho is developing, is expected to open next year on the western edge of downtown Spokane

New Ronald McDonald House starts to take shape

$14.5 million project slated to be finished by year-end

March 28, 2019

Linn Parish

A second Ronald McDonald House is under construction on Spokane's lower South Hill, marking the first major expansion in 17 years for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest.

Partners with Families & Children sees steady growth

Leader's title changes; organization prepares to move its operations

March 14, 2019

Virginia Thomas

During the past five years, Spokane-based nonprofit Partners with Families & Children has more than tripled its budget and more than doubled its staff, CEO Carol Plischke says.

Pediatrics clinic moves to larger space in Spokane Valley

Two nurse practitioners bought practice last year

February 28, 2019

Alla Drokina

Arrayed with fun adornments, such as a bookshelf in the shape of a canoe, oars on the wall, and plenty of bruin-themed decor, the Bear Creek Pediatrics LLC clinic takes what could be a sterile space and transforms it into a welcoming, fun

Health providers to start Bloomsday training

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February 28, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Providence Health Care and Kaiser Permanente are preparing to host their 42nd annual Bloomsday training clinics, starting next month. The Lilac Bloomsday Run, also known as Bloomsday, is an annual timed road race that has been held in Spokane

Pullman hospital plans $29 million bond measure

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February 28, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Pullman Regional Hospital's board of commissioners has approved a resolution to put a $29 million bond measure on the ballot for a special election in Pullman on April 23. The measure will ask Pullman residents to vote to approve funding through

Incyte Diagnostics hires Patty Sipes as new CEO

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February 28, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Valley-based Incyte Diagnostics, an anatomic pathology services provider, has hired Patty Sipes, to serve as its new CEO starting tomorrow, March 1. Originally from New York, Sipes moved to the area in 2012 to pursue a job with Spokane-based