Linn Parish

Mammograms go 3-D at Inland Imaging

Radiology practice hopes for better results, fewer false positives

July 30, 2015

Inland Imaging LLC is going 3-D in its mammography imaging units, installing new breast tomosynthesis machines that it hopes will find cancer earlier and reduce false positives.

Reflecting on Ambassadors' end

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July 16, 2015

Linn Parish

Just last week, one of the reporters in the Journal newsroom wondered out loud just how long Ambassadors Group could keep operating while losing money consistently. The answer to his question came more quickly than I would have guessed. Earlier this wee

Rightsizing WorkSource in an improving economy

State agency shrinks, shifts as the job market improves

July 16, 2015

Linn Parish

Unemployment rate and total employment are two of WorkSource Spokane's common gauges of economic health, but another number also is telling: 43.

Barry Baker: Constructing post-recession success

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June 18, 2015

Linn Parish

Barry Baker is a second-generation builder who has worked in the Spokane construction sector for nearly 40 years. As president of Baker Construction & Development Inc., the 60-year-old commercial contractor has seen the 64-year-old company started by his

Consultant here focuses on SBA lending niche

After diverse career, Roth helps women-led startups

June 18, 2015

Linn Parish

Laurie Roth has a wide range of business experience, but most of her career has centered on a narrow field of finance: U.S. Small Business Administration lending.

Architectural panel maker launches downtown

Ex-CenturyLink executive involved in young company

June 18, 2015

Linn Parish

Former CenturyLink executive Tom Novotney and three partners have launched Revamp Panels LLC, a young Spokane-based company that makes functional metal art and other products. The company opened its first showroom earlier this month in a 2,500-square-fo

The stories that data can tell

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May 21, 2015

Linn Parish

The publishing of the 2015 Market Fact Book marks the culmination of months of work compiling information, analyzing data, and placing it into charts and graphs that give readers an at-a-glance view of what's happening in the marketplace. None of us be

Demand Energy re-energizes

Following receivership, company hits Big Apple

April 9, 2015

Linn Parish

Having emerged from receivership and paid the last of its old debts, Liberty Lake-based energy storage company Demand Energy Networks Inc. is pursuing what it says is a New York City market that has arrived finally. The company last month landed a contra

Red Lion Hotels looks to go national

Company eyes expansion east of Mississippi River

March 26, 2015

Linn Parish

Having spent last year adjusting its business model, cleaning up its balance sheet, and ramping up technologically, Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, is now looking to go national, says company President and CEO Gregory T. Mount. The company has shifte

$500 million-plus in work planned, underway in Spokane area

Sweeping bond wins to give industry a boost

March 12, 2015

Linn Parish

With sweeping wins in school bonds and a mix of big public-works and private-sector projects slated to gear up, the Spokane-area construction industry is expected to see more than $500 million in work continue or get under way in 2015. Much of that work