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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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Less invasive hysterectomy procedures on increase here

Trend at Spokane-area hospitals said to climb ahead of national curve
March 24, 2011
Mike McLean
Spokane-area physicians are ahead of the national curve in employing minimally invasive techniques rather than open abdominal surgery when performing hysterectomies, two surgeons here say.About 55 percent of hysterectomies at the four major are
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GVD to raze old Discovery School building

Commercial real estate concern wants to develop project there eventually
March 24, 2011
Mike McLean
Spokane-based GVD Commercial Properties Inc. says it intends this spring to demolish the former Discovery School building at 307 W. Fourth near downtown. It has no immediate plans for the property, but says it expects to develop a commercial there
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Real Estate Roundup

March 24, 2011
Mike McLean
Leslie's Furniture & Framing, an upscale used-furniture and picture-framing shop, has leased 6,000 square feet of space in the Harbor Ridge retail center, at 1600 W. Seltice Way, in Post Falls, and has moved there from smaller quarters in Hayden. a
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Former masonry executive forms concrete concern

Tim Spilker buys assets of Conover operation, license for proprietary wall system
March 24, 2011
Mike McLean
Tim Spilker, former president of a prominent masonry company here, says he has bought the assets of an architectural-concrete manufacturing concern and has formed a new entity through which he'll run the renamed operation.He acquired the assets
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St. Luke's relocates Valley clinic, to expand services

Outpatient center to add occupational therapy to treatment programs
March 24, 2011
Mike McLean
Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has moved its Spokane Valley outpatient physical therapy clinic and says it's expanding the clinic to serve injured workers.The clinic has leased 2,400 square feet of floor space in a retail at a
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

West Plains city launches own stimulus

Airway Heights invests in street, utility projects for jobs, future growth
March 24, 2011
Mike McLean
The city of Airway Heights says it has launched its own $8.2 million economic stimulus plan aimed at reducing its unemployment rate, which is the highest of any city in the county, and at preparing for future growth.Albert Tripp, the city says on
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Experts: Don't delay estate planning

Directives should include contingencies for disability that could occur at any age, advisers say
March 10, 2011
Mike McLean
Estate planning isn't just for the ailing and elderly.It should start as soon as someone has responsibilities in life, says Paul Viren, managing principal at Viren & Associates Inc., a Spokane financial planning firm.An estate plan ensures be
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Inlander takes floor in Hutton

Regional weekly paper vacates Civic Building to accommodate growth
March 10, 2011
Mike McLean
Spokane-based weekly newspaper Pacific Northwest Inlander says it's moving this week to the 10,000-square-foot fourth floor of the Hutton Building, at 9 S. Washington, downtown, from smaller quarters it had leased in the old Spokane Area Chamber of
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—Photo courtesy of Ground Force Manufacturing LLC

Truck outfitter grows UnderGround

Post Falls startup aims to hire 100 employees
March 10, 2011
Mike McLean
Ron Nilson, founder of Ground Force Manufacturing LLC, a Post Falls-based maker of huge support vehicles for open-pit mining operations, says he's forming a separate company that will serve the underground sector of the mining industry and create a
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Robots, telemedicine roles to expand in health care here

Expected technological advances cross several medical-related fields
February 24, 2011
Mike McLean
The future is near, say health industry insiders here who are anticipating a plethora of technological advances across many fields, ranging from video consultations to robotically assisted walking exercises.Brian Hoots, an analyst at Northwest a
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