Treva Lind

A local agency offers free counseling for people who have questions about Medicare choices or changes during the open enrollment period that runs through Dec. 7.

McKinstry employee Sara Hofstee gave the go-ahead Wednesday to start a whirlwind line-up of 65 volunteers stuffing energy-saving items into 600 orange bags to distribute to people to button-up their homes this winter.

Education to train dentists will expand in Spokane, with the University of Washington School of Dentistry's lease for a new oral health training center in the UW-Gonzaga University Health Partnership’s building. The move is for the Regional Initiatives in Dental Education program, partnering with Eastern Washington University, that got a recent $2.5 million from the Legislature to expand education for future dentists to work in rural and underserved areas, now doubling the student numbers and creating space for a second year in Spokane.

Providence Health plans to spin off its home-health services along with hospice and palliative care into a new joint venture that will be managed by a private company.

Regional baker Casey Bates landed a dream stint on Food Network's “Christmas Cookie Challenge” that airs Thursday night for a $10,000 prize.

Shrugging off the election, regional economists told a crowd of Spokane business leaders Wednesday that promises heard in campaigns are slow to get traction.

Nov. 7—Shrugging off the election, regional economists told a crowd of Spokane business leaders Wednesday that promises heard in campaigns are slow to get traction.

When Army veteran Duane Zbranek left the military and returned home after two tours in Iraq serving as a medic, he felt disconnected.

It took 56 years to undo a paperwork error, but Vietnam War veteran Pat Payne finally received his Combat Infantry Badge earlier this year.

Over construction noises Tuesday, project leaders dug in for the building phase of a Spokane year-round farmers market set to open by spring.