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The Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences opened in 2005, after planning and fundraising to open a new osteopathic medical school in Washington State. [6] In 2007, PNWU received provisional accreditation. In 2008, the first courses began, and the university's main building, Butler-Haney Hall, opened at a cost of $13 million. [7]
The Tennessee-based for-profit Community Health Systems bought both Deaconess and Valley Hospitals in Spokane for $270 million in 2008, and followed the purchase up with the $50 million acquisition of the Rockwood Clinic primary, specialty, and urgent care system that services the region to create an integrated clinic and hospital network. [8]
The hospital was founded in 1950 and is governed by the private not-for-profit Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association. It is Yakima's third largest employer, with around 2,500 workers. [7] In 2016, following affiliation with Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, [8] Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital became Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital.
Located on the edge of Spokane Valley at 4422 E. Eighth Ave., the campus is home to the conservation district's offices, a preschool and a network of recreational trails.
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Yakima Valley is the first American Viticultural Area (AVA) established within Washington state, gaining the recognition on May 4, 1983. Within the vast Columbia Valley AVA , Yakima Valley appellation cultivates more than 53,000 acres (21,448 ha) giving the region the largest concentration of wineries and vineyards in the state.
Yakima (/ ˈ j æ k ɪ m ɑː / or / ˈ j æ k ɪ m ə /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city. As of the 2020 census , the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. [ 4 ]