Chris Stahler, a retired chest, vascular and general surgeon, helped cut the ribbon at a ceremony recognizing the donation and introducing the new equipment Tuesday at Central Washington Hospital.

And by midafternoon, 79 patients had visited the emergency department, a hospital spokeswoman said. A decade after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser promised Southeast Washington residents a hospital ...

"Operational reality versus operational theory" is how Tim Heidlebaugh of Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee describes the difference between the recently completed central plant upgrade ...