Linn Parish

Stability returns to Inland Northwest waterfront

Sales activity near lakes, rivers here so far this year mirrors 2012

August 29, 2013

Once troubled waters surrounding the Inland Northwest waterfront real estate market have calmed, and current sales data suggests consistency has returned to that high-profile niche market.Realtors who market property say they're witnessing an in

Zaycon Foods sees sales soar with unusual business model

Company expects to hit $16 million in revenue in its fourth year

August 29, 2013

Linn Parish

Started out of the back of a truck, Spokane Valley-based meat seller Zaycon Foods Inc. is growing quickly, selling substantially more meat out of an expanding fleet of trucks.Using an unusual business model in which it sells fresh meats on from

Gluten-free alternatives grow at Spokane-area restaurants

Restaurateurs here say demand often is driving their menu adjustments

August 29, 2013

Linn Parish

In 2008, shortly after Shallan Knowles was diagnosed with celiac disease, the co-owner of Out There Monthly magazine created the Gluten Free Spokane website to review restaurants that offered gluten-free dishes.Back then, Knowles says, few and a

Business text app developer to ramp up

Spokane startup receives capital infusion, looks to increase its presence

August 15, 2013

Linn Parish

Spokane-based startup Business Texter Inc., which has developed a mobile application for sending and receiving texts in large quantities, has received a fresh infusion of capital and is ramping up its operations.Company co-founder and CEO Aaron

Washington Federal eyes Spokane market entrance

After big branch acquisition, Seattle-based bank likely to pursue further expansion

August 15, 2013

Linn Parish

Washington Federal Inc.'s acquisition of 51 Bank of America branches will give the Seattle-based bank a presence in the Inland Northwest for the first time in its 96-year history.After it takes ownership of branches in small markets in Eastern a

INB parent reports rise in earnings, fewer bad loans

Company finishes quarter in black for sixth straight time; net loans increase

August 15, 2013

Linn Parish

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported second-quarter net income available to common shareholders of $1 million, or 33 cents a diluted share, up from about $120,000, or 4 cents a share, in the

Odom plans $20 million warehouse on West Plains

Big beverage distributor to double its space while creating regional hub

August 1, 2013

Linn Parish

Bellevue, Wash.-based wholesale beverage distributor Odom Corp. plans to build a $20 million, 200,000-square-foot regional warehouse facility on the West Plains.Jerry Dexter, Spokane-based senior vice president for supply-chain management at the

Inland Northwest executive pay keeps rising

Compensation increased at double-digit rate again

July 18, 2013

Linn Parish

Total executive compensation at Inland Northwest publicly traded companies increased in 2012 at virtually the same double-digit rate as in 2011, the Journal of Business' annual analysis shows.The 13.2 percent increase in average total last year

Options are limited for Spokane-area business buyers

Experts say trend to change, though, as company owners age

July 3, 2013

Linn Parish

When Jeff Wiberg and his family formed Wiberg Enterprises LLC in 2011 and began looking for a business to buy, they found limited options.Looking for a professional services company—ideally one involved in the health care industry—the

Frontier Institute takes on abnormal movement study

Mental health nonprofit's research arm tests remedy to serious drug side effect

July 3, 2013

Linn Parish

Frontier Institute, the Spokane-based nonprofit research arm of Frontier Behavioral Health, formerly Spokane Mental Health, is participating in an early phase of research on an experimental drug intended to treat a serious side effect of Hampton, a