On a lawn near St. George's School, student Alyson Galow works on obedience training with a yellow lab named Limerick. The 6-month-old puppy accompanies her daily at home and school, as part of Galow fulfilling a community service project to raise and

Three municipal operators along with Kaiser Aluminum Corp. and Inland Empire Paper Co. have Spokane River discharge permits up for renewal, but participants are raising concerns about higher regulatory standards being imposed as part of permit updates. F

As Washington State University ramps up to open a medical school in Spokane in fall 2017, school leaders are getting the word out now about a program crucial to its anatomy lab studies. The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is expected to have 60 medica

PAK9 Dog Training co-owners Brittney Katterfeld and Monique Smith share a business-slogan philosophy: molding dogs, training humans. Through their Deer Park-based company, they offer group classes and private lessons regionally for canine obedience, trai

Recreational activities could translate into an economic boom in upcoming years for the city of Airway Heights, following apparent Aug. 2 voter approval of a $13 million bond to build a recreation center. The center-with indoor pools, courts, fitness a

Squeezing in a summer job before college starts, MacKenzie Lloyd describes herself as fortunate to land employment at Spokane Indians baseball games. Lloyd, 18, holds a position in the baseball club's Kids Zone, supervising children's play. By Aug. 1

Crews are updating Gonzaga University's Schoenberg Center to host 100 medical students starting studies Aug. 22, and that attendance includes the largest first-year class in Spokane undergoing University of Washington School of Medicine training. Augus

On a recent Friday afternoon, a handful of Spokane-based Umpqua Bank employees left the financial world to spend a few hours on a kids' playground. Trading desks and teller stations to stand behind lunch tables, they staffed a mobile food bank to serve

Future nursing education should involve more learning in teams with cross-discipline health care students, working together in patient scenarios and using technology, says the new Spokane-based dean of the Washington State University College of Nursing.

Though public attention now swirls around its West Side counterpart, Eastern State Hospital has navigated recent capital projects, adding 30 beds for inpatient care of adults with serious or long-term mental illness as it seeks to meet growing needs here.