Linn Parish

Spokane Gives effort expands in scope, influence

Mayor sees potential in private-sector participation

March 16, 2017

The Spokane Gives campaign has expanded in scope during its first three years. Entering its fourth year, its initiator, Spokane Mayor David Condon, sees potential for more growth in participation from the business sector. 'We're starting to get mo

Editor's Notebook: Reporting live from middle school

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March 16, 2017

Linn Parish

One of my most vivid memories of junior high school involves a big kid in the cafeteria stealing the tater tots off of my lunch tray. He plucked them one by one, smiling smugly, until I stabbed him on the back of the hand with my fork. I can't remember

Spokane Club CEO takes position with Stay Alfred

Harper to be sales VP at quickly growing company

March 16, 2017

Linn Parish

Spokane Club CEO Stacie Harper will leave the private social-and-athletic club at month's end to take an executive position with Stay Alfred, the quickly growing Spokane-based vacation rental company. Harper says she's scheduled to start her new job

Q&A with Melissa Murphy: In her Prime

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March 2, 2017

Linn Parish

Melissa Murphy started her career as a Realtor at the height of the residential real estate market in Spokane in the mid-2000s, then founded her own brokerage when that market troughed out about five years later. After five years in business, Prime Real

Editor's Notebook: Tourism deserves strong investment

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February 16, 2017

Linn Parish

Washington state is considering a stronger investment in the tourism sector this year, with proposed legislation that would establish the Washington Tourism Marketing Authority. Whether that will happen this year remains unclear-the state Legislature

Q&A with Frank Swoboda of Corner Booth Media: Telling stories via video

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February 2, 2017

Linn Parish

Maybe you don't know Corner Booth Media by name. But chances are, if you've watched TV in the Inland Northwest, you've seen the company's work. Corner Booth is a video production company that makes television commercials, corporate presentations

INB parent posts rise in net income for fourth quarter, year

Banner, Glacier also report gains in earnings

February 2, 2017

Linn Parish

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported fourth-quarter net income of $1.4 million, or 21 cents a diluted share, up from income of $726,000, or 11 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. For all

Foreclosures in Spokane area rose last year

Increase follows big drop in defaults during 2015

January 19, 2017

Linn Parish

Completed foreclosures in Spokane County increased in 2016, following a precipitous decline the previous year. The Spokane County Auditor's Office recorded 778 foreclosures last year, up 9 percent from 714 foreclosures in 2015. While the number of d

Spokane-area employers could add 5,000 jobs in '17

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December 15, 2016

Linn Parish

Employers added jobs this year faster than some Inland Northwest economists projected, and observers expect further gains in 2017, though possibly at a slower pace. Doug Tweedy, the Spokane-based regional labor economist for the Washington state Employm

2017 Economic Outlook: Inland Northwest economy to stay in growth mode

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December 15, 2016

Linn Parish

The Spokane-Coeur d'Alene job market has outperformed projections this year, and many industries in the Inland Northwest have strong momentum going into 2017. While growth is expected on many fronts, the rate of expansion might not be as great next ye