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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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CHAS to relocate two of its medical clinics

Nonprofit leases larger space for one office, finds new home for another
October 21, 2010
Mike McLean
Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS), a medical- and dental-care provider that operates seven clinics, says it will move two of its Spokane-area clinics before year-end. Also, it says it plans to open an urgent-care center in Spokane next
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Health district seeks county ban on e-cig sales to minors

Agency worries nicotine, delivery device can be bought easily by youths
October 21, 2010
Mike McLean
The Spokane Regional Health District is asking Spokane County and the cities within it to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes and nicotine to minors. The district claims that its call to outlaw electronic-cigarette sales to minors is the first of
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—Rendering courtesy Integrus Architicture PS

VA center to erect $6.5 million addition

New building in northwest Spokane said needed to meet growing demand for psychological services
October 21, 2010
Mike McLean
The Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center says it expects to start construction this month on a $6.5 million outpatient mental-health building that will provide space for its behavioral health services to meet the growing psychological needs of a
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Real Estate Roundup

October 21, 2010
Mike McLean
Boise-based Green Home LLC, a home energy-efficiency improvement contractor, has leased 4,200 square feet of space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3808 N. Sullivan, and has opened a branch office there. Chase Breckner, of Crown West a
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North Idaho's Wine Cellar changes hands

Bistro's new owners also buy its downtown Coeur d'Alene building
October 21, 2010
Mike McLean
Coeur d'Alene businessman Tom Power and his wife, Patricia, have bought the Wine Cellar, a longtime downtown Coeur d'Alene bistro and jazz venue, and the 9,100-square-foot building it occupies, says Naomi Julian, general manager of the Wine Cellar
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Sandpoint to double capacity of its drinking water system

North Idaho city seeks contractor for $18 million project
October 21, 2010
Mike McLean
The city of Sandpoint, Idaho, is seeking bids for a planned expansion of one of its drinking water treatment plants that would about double the city's capacity to supply potable water, says a project manager for the Spokane office of Denver-based 5
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Staff photo by Mike McLean, inset photo by Zac Crawford

Another iron in the fire

October 21, 2010
Mike McLean
Steve McGrew, an inventor and entrepreneur known here for his involvement in companies pursuing new technologies, also is grounded firmly in the ancient art of metal working.McGrew is just as likely to be found using a forge in his blacksmith a
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Five-story building proposed downtown

Kofmehl Inc.'s structure on Second would include office condos, residences
October 21, 2010
Mike McLean
A Spokane developer and contractor is proposing to build a five-story, 64,000-square-foot building downtown that would include a mix of residential, office, and retail space, as well as covered parking, preliminary documents on file with the city
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—Staff photo by Mike Mclean

Embracing green

Businesses here say even modest efforts to promote sustainability can boost bottom line
October 7, 2010
Mike McLean
Businesses here are finding a variety of ways to offer green and sustainable products, practices, and services, an anecdotal roundup suggests. Some of them say they're finding that "going green" saves them "green," whether through reducing waste, a
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Cherrywood Place plans $404,000 upgrade

Kitchen, bath remodels will make living units wheelchair accessible
October 7, 2010
Mike McLean
Cherrywood Place Retirement & Assisted Living, a 47-unit senior-living facility on Spokane's North Side, is planning a $404,000 remodel, says Mike Sutton, the maintenance director there.The project involves installing roll-in showers and and and
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