Linn Parish

The Journal's Most Read Stories of 2022

Restaurant, retail news dominates list this year

December 28, 2022

Three of the top 10 Most Read Stories of 2022 involve news about new restaurants, and a fourth involves a new entertainment venue that's expected to open next year.

The Top 20 Spokane Business Stories of 2022

Major projects start; iconic firms change hands during year of economic shift

December 28, 2022

Linn Parish

In the Inland Northwest, business news involved more highlights than lowlights in 2022, despite challenges nationally and globally.

Cowles subsidiary agrees to acquire Tri-Cities Journal, Senior Times

Transaction to be completed by year-end

December 27, 2022

Linn Parish

Mid-Columbia Media Inc., a subsidiary of Cowles Co., has agreed to acquire the assets of Tri Comp Inc., which publishes the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and the Senior Times newspapers.

Mild recession likely would restrain job growth

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December 15, 2022

Linn Parish

Whether we're headed for a recession or a soft economic landing, little or no job growth is expected in 2023. Grant Forsyth, chief economist at Avista Corp., says employment growth started to slow early this year, and that slowdown has continued

Three things to know about community journalism

Objectivity is newsroom goal in effort to keep credibility in market

September 8, 2022

Linn Parish

The Journal is making a lame attempt at becoming a woke publication. That's the assertion of a reader who sent me a letter earlier this summer. He took issue with a story we wrote about a couple of women who had

Kootenai heart center expands

$37.3 million addition expected to be complete in the summer of 2023

March 24, 2022

Linn Parish

Work is underway on a $37.3 million expansion at Kootenai Health's primary hospital campus in Coeur d'Alene. The three-story, 21,000-square-foot addition will house an expansion of the hospital's heart center, which will grow to 13 operating rooms

Jubilant HollisterStier expansion moves ahead

Pharmaceutical maker expects to increase its facility's capacity by 50%

March 24, 2022

Linn Parish

Pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging company Jubilant HollisterStier has started a $92 million expansion of its plant in east Spokane. Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the general contractor on the project, which involves adding

The Nest takes form in Coeur d'Alene

$15 million project to be finished late this year

March 24, 2022

Linn Parish

Structural framing started at the beginning of March at the high-end townhome development known as The Nest On Lake Side, in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Measom Holdings LLC, a Houston-based development company, is developing the five-unit, $15 million

Knife River to move later this year

New $40 million facility to be more efficient than longtime site in Valley

March 24, 2022

Linn Parish

Just west of the Washington-Idaho state line, Knife River Corp. is building a $40 million facility for its Spokane operations. The prestress concrete manufacturer is building a precast concrete production facility and office at 7721 N. Idaho Road, in the

STA's City Line completion pushed back

Rapid-transit bus line set to be completed during summer of '23

March 24, 2022

Linn Parish

The first phase of Spokane Transit Authority's $92.2 million City Line project is scheduled to be finished this year, and the rapid-transit bus line is expected to be up and running in July 2023. Brandon Rapez-Betty, chief operations officer at STA,