Amanda Sullender

An Alabama health care company is planning to build a 50-bed rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls.

A new clinic is expected to open next year in downtown Spokane offering primary care, addiction treatment and mental health services.

The Heart Institute Scholars Program will pair medical students to conduct heart and lung research over two years of their medical training. Over the four-term sequence, the students will shadow heart and lung surgeons within Sacred Heart while conducting data analysis.

The insurance company’s customers were set to lose MultiCare as a covered provider on Wednesday if a new two-year contract was not reached. Negotiations are continuing as the two companies agreed on a one-month extension. Premera’s coverage at MultiCare facilities will continue through July 31. This is the second time negotiations were extended as the last two-year contract was initially set to expire in May.

More than 50,000 gallons of pink and red fire retardant rained from the sky near Beacon Hill on Tuesday to slow the spread of the Upriver fire.

The Washington state health board shot down a proposal Thursday to require greater reporting of diseased monkeys used for research.

Three Democrats have joined the race to replace the influential politician in the heavily Democratic district that includes almost all of Spokane. One Republican who previously lost to Ormsby is throwing her hat in the ring again to flip the seat that has long been in Democratic hands.

Customers of Nishee Jordan’s salon should expect to be greeted by a squawk of “Baby Waldo!” when they enter.