YAKIMA — A new Pacific Northwest medical school opened on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the College of Osteopathic Medicine, which plans to send primary care doctors to serve in rural and low-income areas in a five-state region.

The private, nonprofit Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences aims to open several colleges over the next decade on its 42-acre campus in central Washington. The first school, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, welcomes its inaugural class of 75 students on Aug. 4.

 
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