Mike McLean

Prosthetics concern plans office project

$2 million structure will provide added fabrication space, fitting rooms for patients

May 21, 2009

The owners of Thompson Custom Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc., of Spokane, plan to develop a $2 million office and production facility that will more than double the floor space the 30-year-old company occupies at its current main location.Jim who,

Real Estate Roundup

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Miller's Towing Service LLC, a new Spokane Valley towing and vehicle-storage service, has leased 2,200 square feet of warehouse space at 110 N. Dale. Snookie Anderson and Mike King, both of Stonemark Real Estate Co., handled the Real Estate-North &

SBA lenders seeing boost due to stimulus incentives

Fee waiver encourages rise in loan applications after slow start to year

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Some lenders participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration's Spokane District loan programs say they expect loan volume to take off, following a dismal start to the year.The Spokane-based Northwest Business Development Association is a

Foreclosures here low on national scale

Despite increase in filings, county's tiny default rate ranks among best in U.S

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Despite a one-third increase in foreclosure actions in the first quarter compared with the year-earlier period, Spokane County's default rate was among the lowest in the U.S.'s metropolitan areas, says RealtyTrac, a national foreclosure data the of

Despite recession, West Plains continues to grow

Houses, hotels, wastewater plant amid host of projects planned or under way there

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

The West Plains has an array of commercial and residential construction projects that are moving ahead, despite the anchor-dragging effects of the recession, and developers and builders say a number of pending or stalled projects could resume when

Induced hypothermia eyed as possible stroke treatment

Cooling of body currently used here to protect brain following cardiac arrest

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Body-cooling techniques that are being used here to treat some heart-attack sufferers might prove beneficial for certain stroke patients, says Dr. Madeleine Geraghty, the director of the Primary Stroke Center at Providence Sacred Heart Medical & on

Valley Hospital upgrades CT images with 16-slice scanner

New machine there is four times faster, more capable than one it will replace

May 7, 2009

Mike McLean

Valley Hospital & Medical Center has bought a new computed-tomography (CT) scanner that's faster and more versatile than the well-used machine it's replacing.The General Electric Co. BrightSpeed Elite scanner, which cost $545,000, is scheduled

Workland & Witherspoon withstands recession's winds

Small, but diversified firm says work with longtime clients continues steadily

April 23, 2009

Mike McLean

Workland & Witherspoon PLLC, a 10-attorney law firm here, says it has maintained a steady volume of legal work during the recession by focusing on the needs of long-term clients. It also says it isn't looking to expand."We're at a comfortable of

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Nonprofits trim initial phase of senior project in Valley

Appleway Court to have 38 living units for now; second phase is possible

April 23, 2009

Mike McLean

Two Spokane-based nonprofits say they've reduced the number of apartment units they plan to develop initially in the Appleway Court senior housing project, although they hope to add a second phase to the development eventually.The nonprofits, to

Instead of retiring, seniors are REWIRING

Senior job-training program at community colleges said off to good start

April 23, 2009

Mike McLean

A job-skills program called Plus 50 that's geared toward retirement-aged people wishing to remain in the work force is achieving early success at Community Colleges of Spokane and has been named as a model training program for other community for a