Cheney CHAS clinic hits funding setback

Plans to open a community clinic in Cheney serving the West Plains have hit a snag as hoped for federal funding has fallen through, at least for now.

Community Health Association of Spokane — CHAS — announced plans in October 2014 of its intentions to open its 11th clinic in the Inland Northwest in Cheney at the former location of Jarms ACE Hardware. CHAS’s research showed the clinic could potentially serve roughly 8,700 individuals in Cheney, Medical Lake and the surrounding areas who are low-income and either lack health insurance or their health insurance is not adequate enough to cover the...