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.
Idaho Home Medical, a medical equipment retailer, has leased 1,400 square feet of space in the Northern Lights Mall office-retail center, at 411 W. Harrison, in Coeur d'Alene, and has moved there from larger quarters at 212 W. Ironwood Drive. Craig
A frozen-yogurt outlet and a coffee shop have leased suites in a retail center at the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Sullivan Road, in Spokane Valley, and the lessees say they hope to open outlets there around Memorial Day Froyo Earth Inc.,
Even before MacKenzie River Pizza Co. has opened its first Spokane restaurant, the Montana-based chain says it now plans to open a second eatery here.MacKenzie River Pizza has leased 5,860 square feet of space in the Cedar Canyon Village on the
Moscow, Idaho-based Columbia Tractor Inc. says it has bought the West Plains building and land formerly occupied by the Bonanza Ford Inc. dealership, and plans to move its Spokane-area John Deere dealership there and broaden the dealership's line a
A countywideand potentially regionwidesingle-stream recycling program aimed at recovering a greater amount of materials and diverting them from disposal in the waste-to-energy incinerator and landfills likely will be in place in little
The city of Davenport says it's constructing the first phase of a planned two-phase athletic-facility project that's expected to have a total cost of close to $2 million.The current $856,000 phase includes a high-school-sized baseball field, two
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe says it has landed a $500,000 federal grant, which it will use to update 35 residential rental units located throughout the Plummer-Worley area on the tribe's reservation in North Idaho.The Indian Community Development by
Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, says it has started construction of a second-story addition to the historic Schade Towers office building that will house the district offices of the Indian Health Service.The $1 million project
Forza Coffee Co., a Tacoma-based coffee shop franchise concern, says it's looking to expand here with at least three new cafes this year, adding to one already operating on the South Hill and another planned in Spokane Valley.Rich Jennings, the
New York-based JP Morgan Chase & Co. says it plans to open a new bank branch in the Indian Trail Road neighborhood on Spokane's North Side, and it's looking for other potential sites in the Spokane area as part of its Pacific Northwest growth Trail