Linn Parish

Patent law's pending shift

Anticipated changes could create challenges for startups, some attorneys here say

September 8, 2011

A profound shift in the federal patent law is on the horizon, and some attorneys fear the changes will hurt startup companies in the Inland Northwest. At a minimum, they say, Spokane-area inventors and entrepreneurs will have to change the way a

Cd'A chamber launches search for new executive

Organization hopes to have CEO selected by year-end; some early interest shown

September 8, 2011

Linn Parish

The Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce expects to start a national search this week for a new president and CEO. Skip Peterson, chairman of the chamber's board of directors, says the organization hopes to have a new leader selected late this year

Medical jobs grow as other sectors shrink

While not recession-proof, health care has opportunity for people who must retrain

August 25, 2011

Linn Parish

Megan Cumor didn't know her particular profession had become obsolete until she lost her job in November of 2010.She had worked as a certified nursing assistant for 15 years and at Providence Holy Family Hospital when the North Side hospital had

Inland Imaging inks deal with small hospital

Spokane group provides all radiology services for six medical centers now

August 25, 2011

Linn Parish

Spokane-based Inland Imaging LLC has signed a contract to provide radiology services at Samaritan Hospital, in Moses Lake, Wash.Sarah Russell, chief operations officer at Inland Imaging, says the company started handling the hospital's radiology

Farm-to-table trends

Some cite challenges; others go to Inland Northwest ranches, farms for produce, meat

August 11, 2011

Linn Parish

A satirical skit in the cable-television comedy "Portlandia" has a couple in a restaurant who, after asking a long series of questions about the chicken the eatery serves, leaves to visit the farm at which the chicken was raised, wanting to see the

Claim rises to exceed $2 billion

Spokane mining concern, Venezuela proceed with arbitration in dispute

August 11, 2011

Linn Parish

Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mine-exploration company, has increased to $2.1 billion the amount it's seeking in losses and damages from the Venezuelan government in a dispute over its former Brisas gold and copper mine project in the South

INW public companies value fell

Decline in Hart Capital composite, though, came after record start to year

July 28, 2011

Linn Parish

Hart Capital Management Inc.'s Inland Northwest Composite, which gauges the aggregate market value of 15 publicly traded companies in the region, declined compared with the record high set in the previous quarter. Still, it's well ahead of a year a

INW executive pay bounces back

Average compensation rose by 17.9 percent in 2010

July 14, 2011

Linn Parish

Executive compensation at Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies made up for lost ground and slow growth in recent years, increasing almost 18 percent on average in 2010, the largest percentage increase since 2006. Some of the growth a

Avista views Advantage as key to growth

Once aiming to take unit public, company now looks to subsidiary to boost profit

June 30, 2011

Linn Parish

Advantage IQ Inc., the quickly growing Spokane-based subsidiary of Avista Corp., in recent years has repositioned itself as a technology-based energy-management company, rather than simply a bill manager for big companies. During the Avista has

Diabetes prevention program launches

Spokane-area YMCA among early adopters of national initiative

June 16, 2011

Linn Parish

The YMCA of the Inland Northwest is an early adopter of a nationwide Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance, a partnership that Minnesota-based health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. has launched with YMCA of the USA in an effort to slow growth a