A seat representing tribal communities on the Spokane Regional Health District board that sat empty for years has been filled.

Liz Henry, the healthcare administrator for the Camas Health Recovery Center, was appointed this week. The Airway Heights clinic treats those experiencing opioid substance use disorder and is owned by the Kalispel Tribe, which Henry will represent on the board.

She could be the first of several new board members representing different tribes and Indigenous communities. A state law passed earlier this year required multiple tribal voices to be seated on the board overseeing Spokane’s public health, and the board is now complying.

“We are kind of the pilot community that has really moved fast on this,” SRHD administrator Alicia Thompson said at Wednesday’s Board o

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