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.
DNG Designs Ltd., a graphics design firm, has leased 2,400 square feet of floor space at 3896 Schreiber Way, in Coeur d'Alene, and has moved there a from larger space at 3635 Covington, in Post Falls. Craig Hunter and Rob Kannapien, both of Banker
Hillsboro, Ore.-based Parr Lumber Co. says it has opened an outlet in Spokane Valley and expects to employ 20 people there as soon as it gets the new operation up to full speed.Parr's recently leased 2-acre lumber yard includes 5,700 square feet
A little more than an hour's drive from Spokane, a Seven Bays, Wash.-based company owned by a Spokane couple offers cabin rentals with access to hundreds of miles of waterfront.The cabins are really luxury houseboats and the company, Dakota LLC,
Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, has submitted an apparent low bid of $9.7 million for a contract to build a new jail for the Yakama Indian Nation, the tribe says. The tribe opened bids on June 4, and the Yakama Tribal Council
Community Health Education and Resources (CHER), a division of the Spokane-based nonprofit Inland Northwest Health Services, says it has leased 3,400 square feet of medical office space in the University District and plans to consolidate its and &
Spokane-based Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists PS says it has leased space to add four exam rooms and a nurse's station at its North Side office, where it plans to hire an additional surgeon this summer.The expansion will add about 1,100 feet
The recently enacted federal health-care reform legislation that aims to increase coverage of uninsured Americans likely means that many more family practitioners will be needed here to care for the newly insured, some observers here say.The is
Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, a nonprofit human services agency here, says its housing counseling programsaved the owners of 97 homes in Spokane County from foreclosure last year, and it's working with a growing number of clients this year
New mortgage lending rules that require loan originators to disclose key loan terms and closing costs offer needed consumer protection, but also have slowed down the loan-approval process, some lenders here say.The rules that went into effect a
The Salvation Army Coeur d'Alene Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center opened barely a year ago, but its director already is proposing a parking expansion to handle membership growth that has exceeded expectations by a huge margin.The director, Maj.