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News >  Health

ParaSport Spokane finds new home at former Mountain View Middle School

ParaSport Spokane has a new home: the former Mountain View Middle School in Newman Lake. The group's seven-year lease at Valley Christian School ended this fall, requiring the nonprofit to move its sports programs for 200 youth and adults with disabilities. The Sheriff’s Office Training Center previously was at Mountain View until fall 2023, when a newly-built training facility opened in Airway Heights.
News >  Family

Grand advice: North Idaho woman has global audience for grandparents to relish that role

About eight years ago, DeeDee Moore realized with her first grandchild how much has changed for modern parents, who track new research on child safety and development. In 2019, she created More Than Grand, a blog to help educate new grandparents about changes in parenting approaches, while giving tips to help elders strengthen bonds with grandchildren and both parents.
News >  Health

Life Line Screening sets up regional visits in September

Spokane-area residents can learn more about their health risks for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis or diabetes through Life Line Screening events this month through Sept. 25. A screening package starts at $159, designed for people ages 40 and older, but it can be arranged based on age and risk factors. The company requires pre-registration.
News >  Travel

Harvest Hosts: RVers do overnighters at region’s orchards, breweries or ranches

Dan and Carol Taylor parked their camper van in a Green Bluff empty parking area, after visiting the store at Walters' Fruit Ranch to buy treats ahead of a one-night stay. The orchard is among more than 5,500 sites for Harvest Host, a RV membership company that coordinates brief stops at a network of farms, wineries, breweries or small businesses. Electric, water, and sewer hookups typically aren't available, but the benefit is a free night's stay. Most RVers buy products or donate at sites.
News >  Health

Local scholarship and center named for former Frontier Behavioral Health CEO

Former Frontier Behavioral Health CEO Jeff Thomas built a legacy as a key architect of the region's shift to integrated mental health care, a practice that considers both physical and mental wellbeing. A year after his death from respiratory complications, both a local university scholarship and a Frontier outpatient site are being named for him.
News >  Health

Harmful algae alert issued for Fernan and Avondale lakes

North Idaho officials issued a harmful algal bloom alert on Monday for Fernan and Avondale lakes, after recent water sampling indicates the presence of toxic cyanobacteria – previously called blue-green algae. People and pets should avoid swimming or water sports in bloom areas until the advisory is lifted, as symptoms of exposure can include rashes, hives, diarrhea, vomiting, coughing or wheezing.
News >  Health

Providence to cut six family medicine resident spots and end sports fellowship

Family Medicine Residency Spokane with 30 physician residents providing care for local patients faces a significant cut in those positions by June 2025, down to four medical school graduates entering a yearly cohort instead of 10. A sports medicine fellowship with one position will end entirely next year. Providence Health said the decision stems from a reduction in local Graduate Medical Education funding, but area doctors say the impact will further crunch primary care access.
A&E >  Cooking

Spokane baker, at age 15, has a hopping bakery business: Snak Rabbit

When Madison Stoltz began baking at age 8, she quickly layered on a creative flair for cakes and buttercream frosting. A few years later, she launched her sole Spokane business, Snak Rabbit, as a bakery and now operates out of a small home kitchen  to handle special orders, sweets catered for small events and more recently treats cooked up for the Perry Street Thursday Market during most weeks this summer.
News >  Health

Bill seeks federal study on substance-impacted newborns, with clinics like Maddie’s Place serving as inspiration

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers introduced a bill this week seeking a federal study on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, caused when newborns withdraw from opioids and other substances after birth and inspired by Maddie's Place, a 2022-founded Spokane pediatric transitional care nursery. The study and report would consider the width of the problem and outcomes at four pediatric transitional care centers, including Spokane's.
News >  Health

Sunshine’s senior and behavioral health services stays in the family for 75 years

A few years after World War II, Margaret Craig Dikes told her mother about a family business idea for improving senior care, saying, "Mom, I think we can do better." That 1949 company – still operated by a third generation of family members  –  is Sunshine Health Facilities in Spokane Valley, offering longtime senior and behavioral health services, and it plans to celebrate 75 years with activities on Thursday.
News >  Health

The Garabedians: Father and son cardiologists share legacy in the critical care of Spokane’s children

Carl Garabedian still recalls sickly, lethargic children staying at his parent's house, and then days later, those kids after heart surgeries couldn't stop running. He was struck then by his dad Hriar Garabedian's work as a pediatric cardiologist and entered the same field. Two Garabedian doctors, father and son, have since helped shape children's critical care.
News >  Health

Panhandle Health selects new director from within agency

After a national search for a new director, Panhandle Health District selected one of its own. Erik Ketner, first hired by the district in 2001, began the new job May 24 and was previously administrator of the agency's environmental and health protection division.