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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McAdams Wright Ragen opens Spokane office

McAdams Wright Ragen hires team that used to be at Wells Fargo Advisors
May 24, 2012
Linn Parish
Seattle-based investment brokerage McAdams Wright Ragen Inc. has opened a Spokane office, hiring a group of brokers who previously worked in the Wells Fargo Advisors office here. Tom Guthrie, branch manager of the Spokane office, says the firm a
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Purcell Systems co-founder Pete Chase steps down

Chase plans to pursue new interests, keeps stock in company
April 26, 2012
Linn Parish
Purcell Systems Inc. co-founder Peter J. Chase has left the company. Chase had been serving as vice chairman of the 12-year-old Spokane Valley-based maker of outdoor cabinetry for the telecommunications industry since January, when the company a
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Columbia Banking reported increase in earnings in 2011

Company says growth occurred organically, through acquisitions
March 29, 2012
Linn Parish
Columbia Banking System Inc., the Tacoma, Wash.-based parent of Columbia Bank, has reported an 86 percent increase in its net income in 2011, compared with 2010, attributing the surge to three acquisitions and organic growth.The bank company net
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- Staff photo by Linn Parish

Columbia Bank plans move to downtown Spokane's Fernwell Building

$1 million renovation is under way; bank to move downtown offices in June
March 29, 2012
Linn Parish
Columbia Bank, of Tacoma, plans to move its Spokane regional office and downtown branch into the historic Fernwell Building in mid-June.The bank, which acquired eight Bank of Whitman branches last year when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. of
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—Staff photo by Linn Parish

Girl Scouts organization sees rise in number of donors

Sales of cookies also grow as organization nears end of capital campaign
March 15, 2012
Linn Parish
For Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, fundraising has become much more than selling cookies. Cookie sales still account for a significant portion of the Spokane-based organization's revenues, but it has increased its donor in
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Pre-employment background checks hit social media

Some employers want to find online presence of prospective workers
March 1, 2012
Linn Parish
As it turns out, what happens on Facebook doesn't always stay on Facebook. An emerging trend in pre-employment screening involves what some are calling social media checks, where as part of a background check, an investigating company will look
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- Staff photo by Linn Parish

Pre-employment background checks hit social media

Some employers want to find online presence of prospective workers
March 1, 2012
Linn Parish
As it turns out, what happens on Facebook doesn't always stay on Facebook. An emerging trend in pre-employment screening involves what some are calling social media checks, where as part of a background check, an investigating company will look
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—Staff photo by Linn Parish

Calling up medical images ... there's an app for that, too

Inland Imaging is testing system that lets docs view results on mobile devices
February 16, 2012
Linn Parish
In 2007, Spokane neurological surgeon Dr. Dean Martz approached Jon Copeland, CEO of Inland Imaging Business Associates LLC, and asked if Inland Imaging could find a way to send MRIs and other medical images to his iPhone.Copeland's response: is
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