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The largest insurance provider in Idaho announced this week that it is seeking a state investigation into how a new hospital in Post Falls is billing its patients by using an arbitration process that it claims has inflated patients' medical costs.

Officials at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center announced Thursday that those seeking heart transplants must go elsewhere. 

Ever heard of euphorbia plants? Of course you have, if you’ve ever purchased a poinsettia this time of year to brighten the house. Euphorbias (pronounced yew-for-bee-a), commonly called spurge, are a genus of plants that one writer described as shape shifters in the garden meaning that they come in many different forms and unique colors. As a genus of over 2,000 species found on every continent except Antarctica, they have adapted to a wide range of habitats and add unusual shapes and colors to garden plantings.

East Adams Rural Healthcare plans to slim down its services to stay open and retain emergency health care in Ritzville.

Before the DNA revolution of the early 2000s, genealogy was a study dependent on records. Tracing a line of heritage could hit a dead end if documentation had gone missing or been destroyed. But as DNA science progressed rapidly through the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s, genetic testing became an affordable, accessible tool to confirm existing genealogical records, or fill in the gaps entirely.

RITZVILLE – Nearly 200 residents packed into a small community meeting room Saturday in hopes of learning how they might save their small town hospital amid allegations of financial fraud from former administrators and lax board oversight.

Bishop Cedrick D. Bridgeforth of the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church has called people to go the “M.I.L.E” with his recent podcast, which shares the stories of how laypeople and individuals in ministry received their callings.

Our first stop on a 10-day road trip through Slovenia was a weathered, wooden farmhouse whose owner, Aci Urbajs, called himself a farmer, a father, an artist, an anarchist and a winemaker.

Incoming Spokane Councilwoman Sarah Dixit defeated incumbent Jonathan Bingle by 156 votes in Spokane’s northeast council district.

Washington Sen. Patty Murray is calling on the Department of Defense to clean up PFAS at Fairchild Air Force Base sooner rather than later.

For more than 2,000 years, the Kyrgyz people enjoyed a nomadic lifestyle in Central Asia.

I want to thank the gentleman who recognized me at Costco last week and asked how to control the box elder bugs he’d been trying to control this fall. I haven’t dealt with them and welcomed the chance to do some research.

Ritzville’s East Adams Rural Health Care is in dire financial straits as the hospital considers laying off the majority of its workforce or closing entirely.

Dear Dr. Universe: Why do some humans like to do bad things? Is it the thrill or were they always born bad? – Leonel, 14, Texas

Me: Iceland has knitting tours! I think we need to do this.

It is a culinary adventure that started with a bang: Some 400 million years ago, a meteor more than 2 miles wide slammed into what is now the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada, creating an impact crater 34 miles wide.

Ever had trouble getting seeds to germinate in the garden in the spring? If so, it’s time to do some research to see if your seeds need to be cold stratified before you plant them.

Over a month after a nine year old and her "bonus dad" were knocked off their motorcycle by an alleged intoxicated driver, family friends are gearing up to host a fundraising dinner to support the family.