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Mike McLean

Mike McLean

Deputy Editor Mike McLean has worked his entire journalism career in the Inland Northwest. Mike, who also lives to reel in fish and crank up music, has worked for the Journal since 2006.

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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Cooper-George's Rejuvenation

South Hill Senior Living caters to modest-income, 55-year-old-plus residents
February 28, 2013
Mike McLean
The new owner of the Cooper-George Building, at 707 W. Fifth, is working to rejuvenate the 13-story structure while returning its focus to senior housing.Dennis Veeder, a 31-year registered nurse and co-owner of Sapphire Health Services, of the
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Cheney-based pizza chain to open North Side eatery

Rosa's will have smaller seating space; main focus will be takeout, delivery
February 28, 2013
Mike McLean
Rosa's Pizza has leased 1,300 square feet of floor space at 3422 N. Division, where it plans to open its third pizza restaurant in March, says owner Brad Barsness, who opened the flagship Rosa's Pizza restaurant in Cheney in 1990.The restaurant
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Jensen family extends legacy of its Spokane hardware distributorship

Pair of sibling executives are fifth generation to lead hardware distributorship
February 28, 2013
Mike McLean
Two top executives at Jensen Distribution Services now represent the fifth generation at the helm of the big family-owned hardware wholesaler here.The company named Micah Jensen Dunlap the president and chief operating officer at the beginning I
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Shriners mulls $15 million-plus expansion of its Spokane hospital

$15 million-plus project could receive approval in April
February 28, 2013
Mike McLean
Just a few years after facing possible closure and enduring painful belt tightening, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Spokane has been recognized as the most efficient of the 22 Shriners hospitals and now is proposing a $15 million-plus expansion, a
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

WSU Spokane readies for second-year med school students

Supporters lobby to make full program permanent at Riverpoint Campus
February 14, 2013
Mike McLean
Thanks to a two-year pilot program set to start in the fall, medical students in all four years of medical school soon will receive education and training based at the Riverpoint Campus, in Spokane. Even before that pilot program starts, public and
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Contractor grows with shift to facility protection focus

Perimeter Security Group also acquires Cd'A fence company
February 14, 2013
Mike McLean
As the residential construction market collapsed in the Inland Northwest in 2008, Brenda Blood decided she had to steer MAC Industries Inc., a North Idaho automated gate company she had just bought, in a different direction.So she created a new
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River Day School to move to former Sonitrol building

Private facility to leave location it shares with Ascend learning center
February 14, 2013
Mike McLean
River Day School, a private kindergarten through sixth-grade school, has leased the 4,400-square-foot former Sonitrol building, at 1627 E. Trent, along with an adjacent vacant lot, and plans to move there this spring, says Colleen Curran, executive
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Charitable institution moves into larger space downtown

Community foundation says Paulsen Center site provides growing room
February 14, 2013
Mike McLean
The Spokane-based Inland Northwest Community Foundation has leased 4,800 square feet of office space in the Paulsen Center downtown and has moved there from smaller quarters.INWCF's space on the sixth floor of the historic downtown building, at
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Alaskan concern acquires Spokane Valley-based Aztech Electric

Aztech will provide new parent company solid foothold in Northwest
February 14, 2013
Mike McLean
An Alaska company has bought Aztech Electric Inc., of Spokane Valley, and plans to continue operating the electrical contracting concern under its longtime name here, says Todd Booth, Aztech Electric's new manager.The acquisition, which was Jan.
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Steve Salvatori to buy Buchanan Building in downtown Spokane

Limelyte software company plans to be main tenant
February 14, 2013
Mike McLean
Steve Salvatori, a commercial building landlord who specializes in offering low-rent office space to business startups, says he plans to purchase the Buchanan Building, at 28 W. Third, downtown. The transaction is expected to be completed next a
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