Mike McLean

WSU medical school plans are on track, inaugural dean says

Tomkowiak starts program focused on community

February 25, 2016

Dr. John Tomkowiak, Washington State University's inaugural dean for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, is carrying on the legacy of the medical school's namesake by implementing a few innovative ideas of his own. Tomkowiak, whose medical backgr

Liberty Lake's Guardian Angel Homes: Designed to feel small

Retirement complex highlights intimate setting

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

While more than 100 residents currently live in the 6.6-acre Guardian Angel Homes Liberty Lake retirement complex, its facilities are designed to feel small and homelike, says Joan Estudillo, administrator of the Liberty Lake campus. The care facilities,

Upscale apartments nearly completed near Spokane's University District

Riverwalk project targets young pros, empty nesters

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

Developers are putting the finishing touches on the first of two planned six-unit, high-end apartment buildings on the bank of the Spokane River, near Spokane's University District. The nearly completed Riverwalk Apartments building is located at 722 N

Central Valley School District buys Broadway Square apartment complex

District says land needed to relocate middle school

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

Spokane Valley-based Central Valley School District has bought for $2.3 million the Broadway Square Apartments complex at 11910 E. Broadway, in Spokane Valley, and plans to demolish it to make room for the envisioned replacement of North Pines Middle Scho

CHAS opens urgent care center in Spokane Valle

Clinic is second walk-in facility started by nonprofit provider

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

The clinic, Spokane Urgent Care-Valley, occupies roughly 6,000 square feet of space in the upper floor of a two-story medical office building that CHAS owns at 1512 N. Vercler, just east of Valley Hospital, says Matt Grebe, CHAS spokesman.

Empire Aerospace lands approval to service jet

Aerospace company likely to expand its workforce

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

Empire Aerospace, a subsidiary of Hayden-based Empire Airlines Inc., has secured approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide heavy maintenance service on Embraer S.A. ERJ 145 jets, says Reed Chase, Empire Airlines general manager. The ER

UI center aims to teach cybersecurity specialists

Post Falls facility focuses on workforce training

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

The University of Idaho has launched its Cybersecurity Training and Operations Center, in Post Falls, where it hopes to educate and certify 350 information technology security specialists through hands-on simulated cyberattack response training in the nex

National Furniture to move, raze longtime building along Division

High-traffic location leased out to Carl's Jr. franchisee

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

National Furniture Store Inc., the Spokane furniture retailer known for its 'No Baloneyâ€ tagline, plans to move out of its aging building on Division Street, which will be demolished and replaced with a national burger restaurant chain outlet, says Ma

Huge Indian Trail projects eyed

Potential 1,800 living units raise worries about traffic

February 11, 2016

Mike McLean

Two developers are asking the city for comprehensive land-use plan amendments that would enable them to build potentially more than 1,800 dwelling units combined in the Indian Trail area, raising concerns about traffic congestion in the northwest Spokane

Tax 'extenders' made permanent

Accountants say PATH Act will make planning ahead easier for many

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

Some tax preparers here say a few tax breaks that Congress recently made permanent will enable them to have a greater degree of certainty in helping clients with tax planning. Provisions made permanent in the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 20