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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Patent law's pending shift

Anticipated changes could create challenges for startups, some attorneys here say
September 8, 2011
Linn Parish
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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