Small-town doctors don't deliver babies very often, but to keep their skills current—and to avoid catastrophic medical mistakes—they can practice deliveries with childbirth simulators at the University of Washington School of another can

Spokane and Eastern Washington have significant shortages of physicians, and it's projected those shortages will worsen dramatically in the next 10 to 20 years, says a report by two task forces that studied development of a four-year medical school

Itron Inc. President and CEO Malcolm Unsworth said at the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, last week that expansion of the company's advanced utility meter technology into smart-grid applications has the potential to help a

A task force that has studied whether it's feasible to establish a four-year medical school in Spokane has concluded that such a school is feasible, says Brian Pitcher, chancellor of Washington State University Spokane and a member of the task a 1

SANDPOINT—Despite sales growth of 25 percent last year, a Sandpoint company that designs and manufactures innovative office water coolers might have achieved only a drop in the bucket of what's possible, its president says.The executive, a

Days after a tide of negative news buffeted Sterling Financial Corp., its new top executives said last week the Spokane bank-holding company has a recovery plan in place, has been working under it for a year, and is making headway.Acting and CEO