Mike McLean

UI team cuts defects at buck knives

Student project improves automated step in making two flagship folding models

May 23, 2013

A team of five graduating University of Idaho mechanical engineering students has designed safety-and-efficiency improvements for a machine used to assemble flagship folding knives that helped make Buck Knives a household name.For their the were

Event planner, tour operator join forces

ROW, Framework agree to share resources where amenities offered overlap

May 23, 2013

Mike McLean

Two Inland Northwest tourism services are sharing resources in a joint effort to provide unique travel opportunities to visitors to the region.Framework LLC, which does business as Framework Meetings & Destinations, and ROW Inc., doing business

Sharing gilded Lillie's

May 23, 2013

Mike McLean

A Spokane couple has launched a hospitality venture, Vintage Rentals LLC, which has debuted as its flagship property an ornately decorated private bungalow set in the west central Spokane neighborhood.Keith Kelley says he and his wife, Kendra, a

Arc of Spokane expands holdings east of downtown

Organization to continue leasing out CU structure, hold it for future growth

May 23, 2013

Mike McLean

The Arc of Spokane, a nonprofit that has been based for the last two years in the former Inland Power & Light Co. building, at 320 E. Second, has bought an adjacent building occupied partly by Horizon Credit Union, says Greg Falk, Arc's executive a

Roughly $25 million in construction planned at River Run

Builder to erect 172 housing units valued at $25 million

May 23, 2013

Mike McLean

Copper Basin Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, has begun a flurry of planned residential construction valued at roughly $25 million on a portion of the big River Run development near the Spokane River in northwest Spokane.The construction a a

Coeur d'Alene lighting distributor taps LED niche

Catalyst foresees bright future for energy-saving products at business sites

May 9, 2013

Mike McLean

Cory Turnbull, president and owner of Catalyst LEDs LLC, says the outlook for the Coeur d'Alene company is growing only brighter.Catalyst specializes in designing and distributing commercial and industrial lighting systems that use diodes, than

Attorneys still framing picture for ACA compliance

As coverage mandates loom, reimbursement, privacy concerns arise

May 9, 2013

Mike McLean

Attorneys looking to formulate plans to help clients comply with the Affordable Care Act as it continues to unfold have a lot of questions themselves, say some sources here who are watching the sweeping health-care reform efforts.As a key of the

Blood plasma collector eyes location on North Monroe

CSL plans $1.2 million renovation project at old Casey's restaurant site

May 9, 2013

Mike McLean

Boca Raton, Fla.-based CSL Plasma Inc. plans to open a new blood-plasma collection center on north Monroe Street after it completes a $1.2 million renovation project there, according to predevelopment documents filed with the city of Spokane.The

â€”Rendering courtesy of Paul Matthews Architects PLLC

Spokane dentist plans move to new South Hill building

Two-story medical office structure to have room for second main tenant

May 9, 2013

Mike McLean

A Spokane dentist plans to move his practice into a portion of a new $900,000 medical office building planned on the South Hill, says a member of the ownership group that's developing the project.The practice, Richard G. Witter DDS PLLC, which a

Huckleberry Thicket plans to move store to Post Falls site

Bakery, gift shop will own building once occupied by A to Z Rentals outlet

May 9, 2013

Mike McLean

Huckleberry Thicket LLC, a Coeur d'Alene-based gift store and bakery, has bought the 3,400-square-foot former A to Z Rentals & Sales building at 3430 E. Seltice Way, in Post Falls, and plans to move there in coming months, says Marla Hedman, the it