Coeur d'Alene-based Kootenai Health is joining Spokane-based Providence Health Care in providing area fifth graders a program that emphasizes the importance of physical activity. In its inaugural year in the program, Kootenai Health is distributing 1,5

Eastern Washington University has awarded Spokane contractor Leone & Keeble Inc. a $31 million contract to renovate and expand the Pence Union Building. Work there is scheduled to start this week, says Troy Bester, the university's senior project mana

With an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Dawn DeWitt has held academic positions and been an attending physician in three countries. But now she thinks she has potentially the best chance in her career to make an impact in the medical field as the n

A new venue for University of Washington School of Medicine students in Spokane comes with a new approach to training future physicians. At the University of Washington's School of Medicine program on the Gonzaga University campus, gone are the days o

Central Valley School District soon will begin more than $30 million in remodeling and expansion projects at three elementary schools and one additional building in the district. District Superintendent Ben Small says construction will begin this month o

Fine cuisine sometimes can be found in unlikely spots. Such arguably is the case with Spokane Community College's Inland Northwest Culinary Academy. An American Culinary Federation-accredited program, the culinary school is located in the Old Main bui