PeaceHealth St. John could pay Longview a decade of missed taxes, lose future exemption

PeaceHealth St. John could pay Longview a decade of missed taxes, lose future exemption

Officials with the city of Longview and PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center met Monday to negotiate over how much the hospital will have to pay the city in back taxes after failing to do so for more than a decade. They also discussed whether the not-for-profit will lose a significant business tax exemption as a penalty. Last month, city officials discovered a 14-year gap in payments of business and occupation tax, or B&O, by the hospital for ser…