Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Bates Drug Stores Inc. agrees to pay settlement

  March 28, 2012 in City on Page A7 Bates Drug Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $602,271 to settle allegations that it double-billed Medicare and Medicaid. The U.S. Department of Justice along with Washington state officials announced the …

• New ground breaking on Riverpoint project

  October 5, 2011 in City on Page A1 When Erik Nelson went back to school to become a pharmacist, he faced a long road, in more ways than one. A young father living in Spokane, Nelson enrolled in … 18

• Walgreen’s fights drop in Medicaid payments

  January 14, 2010 in City on Page A6 Walgreen Co. said it will stop filling Medicaid prescriptions at about half of its pharmacies in Washington next month because of continued reimbursement reductions. Walgreen’s, the largest drugstore chain in …

• Man tries to rob South Hill Rite Aid

  July 18, 2009 in City SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police are investigating an attempted OxyContin robbery at the Rite Aid at 810 E. 29th Ave. 1

• Pharmacy robber pleads guilty

  May 26, 2009 in City, Idaho Edward A. Saner admitted Tuesday to committing seven pharmacy robberies in the Inland Northwest. Creative detective work helped crack the case.

• South Hill pharmacy robbed

  March 29, 2009 in News The pharmacy located inside the Albertsons grocery store at 510 E. 37th Ave., on Spokane’s South Hill, was robbed this morning. 3

• Summer a season of OxyContin holdups

  September 15, 2008 in City on Page A1 It’s become a familiar scenario this summer: A man walks up to a pharmacy counter and passes a note demanding OxyContin pills, then escapes with a cache of the powerful …

• Pharmacist tracks robbery suspects

  September 4, 2008 in City on Page B1 A Coeur d’Alene pharmacist’s pursuit of two suspects in a prescription-drug robbery spree Wednesday led to their arrests. Police hope the arrests of Hayden Lake residents Patrick Augerlavoie, 32, and …

• Northwest Health sues ReliantRx

  October 30, 2007 in Business on Page A6 A new Spokane pharmacy faces a lawsuit from the competitor its founders left to start the business. The owners of ReliantRx LLC, a pharmacy serving long-term care facilities, allegedly used …