Health Care

Riverview Retirement secures accreditation

RiverCare division helps bridge gap in senior home healthcare

September 24, 2026

Riverview Retirement Community has earned accreditation for its RiverCare home health division, expanding services to meet a surge in seniors who are choosing to age in place rather than move to a facility.

Federal funding triples in Spokane to $23M

Innovation, tech awards grow over 15-year period

September 10, 2026

Karina Elias

Spokane-area companies are capturing substantially more federal research funding than they were 15 years ago.

MultiCare plans to shut down multiple health clinics

Upcoming closures impact eye, dermatology, primary access care around Spokane

September 10, 2026

Ethan Pack

MultiCare Health System plans to close several Rockwood clinics by the end of 2026 due to financial challenges in the health care industry.

Craft3 invests $35M in Eastern Washington projects

New Markets Tax Credits awards are first in decade

September 10, 2026

Karina Elias

Craft3, a nonprofit community lender that helps finance projects in underserved communities, has finalized two investments into Eastern Washington valued at $35.5 million.

$4M residential care facility planned in the Valley

Project is one of many underway in the INW

September 10, 2026

Ethan Pack

A Liberty Lake-based residential care company is erecting a new $4 million, 16-bed residential treatment facility on a more than three-fourths acre parcel at 18101 E. Appleway in Spokane Valley.

Post Falls hospital transitions to rehab use

Northern Idaho Advanced Care evolves to meet client demand

September 10, 2026

Ethan Pack

Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital, at 600 N. Cecil Road in Post Falls, will cease operations as a long-term acute care hospital in October and begin operating as an extension of Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest.

2026 Rising Stars: Peter Mahoney

Wellness services director seeks to improve region's health through movement

September 10, 2026

Karina Elias

Peter Mahoney, a member of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, is the wellness services director for Plummer, Idaho-based Marimn Health, where his department manages two facilities: the Marimn Health Wellness Center and the Marimn Health Coeur Center.

2026 Rising Stars: Hannah Kimball

Attorney helps rural hospitals, health entities navigate legal landscapes

September 10, 2026

Ethan Pack

Attorney Hannah Kimball joined Coeur d’Alene-based Malek + Malek in May, where she helps rural hospitals, healthcare nonprofits, and other health system clients manage their legal obligations.

Many INW companies dodged impacts of food recalls

Contaminated lettuce from Mexico not distributed here

September 10, 2026

Karina Elias

Some Spokane-area health officials and food distributors are saying the region has largely avoided direct impacts of the national foodborne illness outbreaks and recalls impacting Americans this summer.

MultiCare plans to shut down eye clinics

End-of-year closures will impact patients, 56 staff

September 4, 2026

Ethan Pack

Vision care services in the Spokane area will be impacted in the new year, as three MultiCare Rockwood eye clinics will close in Spokane County effective Dec. 31.