Linn Parish

Linn Parish

Editor Linn Parish has worked for newspapers and magazines since 1996, with the bulk of that time being at the Journal. A Montana man who has called Spokane home for some time now, Linn likes Northwest trails, Deep South foods, and lead changes in the ninth inning.

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City takes new look at uses for lot near Spokane River

Talks with Spokane Tribe about big cultural center have quieted since 2010
June 20, 2013
Linn Parish
The city of Spokane is taking another look at potential uses for a 1.1-acre lot it owns on the north bank of the Spokane River after talks have quieted concerning development of a multimillion-dollar Spokane Tribe of Indians cultural center on that
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—Staff photo by Linn Parish

Keiretsu Forum works to build momentum in Spokane

Start-up investment group screens young companies, looks for first funding here
June 20, 2013
Linn Parish
The months-old Spokane branch of San Francisco-based investment concern Keiretsu Forum is trying to build momentum, with young companies here formally introducing their businesses to the organization's investor network in hopes of receiving Taing,
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—Rendering courtesy of Vivint Inc.

Vivint to expand into Spokane, hire 400 in 18 months

Home-automation company plans to open big Liberty Lake center in mid-July
June 6, 2013
Linn Parish
Vivint Inc., a large, privately-held Provo, Utah-based home-automation system maker, plans to open a sales call center in Liberty Lake this summer that it expects will employ 400 people within 18 months.Eric Patrick, Vivint's senior vice of says
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Spokane now on the road to Rio

Editor's Notebook
April 11, 2013
Linn Parish
Remember how the USA men's boxing team fared in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?If you do, Anthony Bartkowski would prefer you forget. Bartkowski, the executive director of USA Boxing, is leading an effort to overhaul the organization in a
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Family Home Care changes hands

Nowling sells 200-employee concern to company executive, family
April 11, 2013
Linn Parish
Family Home Care executive Jeff Wiberg and his family have bought the company's assets and have begun operating the Liberty Lake-based home-care agency. With the acquisition finalized March 25, longtime Spokane-area health care executive Michael
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—Staff photo by Linn Parish

Growth in visitor spending outpaces state as a whole

Conventions, however, to drop as business, leisure travel rise
March 28, 2013
Linn Parish
Thanks in large part to square dancers, singers, and lovers of old buildings, Spokane outpaced the U.S. and Washington state as whole in visitor spending growth last year, according to a report released earlier this month. After those healthy in
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—Photo courtesy of Ronald McDonald House

Charitable events might grow with economy, some say

Original ideas continue to be most profitable; some are reaching their capacity
March 14, 2013
Linn Parish
Inland Northwest nonprofits say the number of fundraising events could be on the rise this year after some charities had to cancel or downsize events in recent years.Jennifer Evans, owner of Spokane-based Encore Events & Presentations, says, to
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STCU posts rise in loans, earnings, assets for 2012

Credit union's decrease in loan-loss provisions contributes to its results
February 28, 2013
Linn Parish
Spokane Teachers Credit Union, of Liberty Lake, has reported 2012 net income of $21.8 million, up 14 percent compared with income of $19.1 million in 2011. Bill Before, STCU's chief financial officer, says a $1.6 million decrease in the credit a
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—Staff photo by Linn Parish

Downtown Spokane Partnership could expand its influence

Organization to look at stretching border, attracting businesses
February 28, 2013
Linn Parish
Weeks into his new job as executive director of the Downtown Spokane Partnership, Mark Richard says one of the organization's many goals is to look for ways to strengthen the city's central business district.The 48-year-old former Spokane County
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