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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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Wal-Mart also to make over Shadle store

$972,000 remodel could raise Spokane-Kootenai work total to $37 million
May 6, 2010
Mike McLean
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is planning a $972,000 remodeling project at its store in the Shadle Center, in northwest Spokane, documents on file with the city of Spokane show.The makeover at Wal-Mart's 148,000-square-foot store, at 2301 W. Wellesley, a
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Ad designer here combines Web, print

Banner, now led by former Tully's president, says new strategy has triggered rebound
May 6, 2010
Mike McLean
Banner Retail Marketing Group LLC, a Liberty Lake retail advertising designer, has expanded its focus beyond print mailers and circulars to include integrated Web site design and servicing, says John Dresel, Banner's new CEO, largest shareholder, a
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Interchange project awaits federal review

Construction of planned Beck Road access at I-90 still more than a year off
May 6, 2010
Mike McLean
Construction of a new interchange requested by a private developer on Interstate 90 near the west edge of Post Falls likely won't start before late 2011, possibly about the time that Spokane County's Appleway Bridge replacement project near the on
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BX upgrades in store at Fairchild

$6 million retail-center renovation, expansion planned
May 6, 2010
Mike McLean
Fairchild Air Force Base plans to begin a $6 million remodel and addition at its base exchange this summer, says Lt. Casey Osborne, a spokesman for the base. A 3,000-square-foot addition to the base exchange, at 107 W. Spaatz Road, south of U.S.
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Technology, stimulus energize headhunter activity here

Recruiter for utility, energy sectors predicts lasting growth
April 22, 2010
Mike McLean
The head-hunting arm here of Michigan-based Scope Services Inc. says it expects its growing executive-recruitment activities to expand further in coming years due in part to smart-grid initiatives and federal stimulus dollars allocated toward and a
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Making home design senior friendly

Universal-access features help aging homeowners keep their independence
April 22, 2010
Mike McLean
Some contractors here say they're embracing an emerging market for home designs and improvements aimed at helping people stay in their homes as they age.Brian Beyer, a principal in JBI Properties LLC, a Spokane Valley home builder, emphasizes an
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Harmony House facility to expand in Hayden

Assisted-living provider to house up to 16 residents in its third location there
April 22, 2010
Mike McLean
Siskiyou Living LLC, of Hayden, Idaho, doing business as Harmony House Assisted Living, says it's developing its third assisted-living facility there.The $800,000, two-story building, to be called Harmony House III, is under construction at N.
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Idaho Department of Labor launches $4 million project

Agency plans to relocate its Cd'A office next fall to new Post Falls building
April 22, 2010
Mike McLean
The Idaho state Department of Labor says it has begun site work for a $4 million building in Post Falls and plans to move its Coeur d'Alene office there next fall.The 17,800-square-foot structure will be the first office building to be in the at
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—Photo courtesy of Pondera Architecture

Spokane companies shaping Kennewick lighthouse project

Port on Columbia River intends for navigation aid to beckon revitalization
April 22, 2010
Mike McLean
A Spokane architectural firm says it has designed a lighthouse for the Port of Kennewick, and a Spokane metal fabricator has made the light gallery, a housing that tops the 62-foot-tall navigational beacon that the port plans to dedicate sometime a
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Beehive plans big complex here

Senior-living project at Wandermere would house hundreds
April 22, 2010
Mike McLean
Coeur d'Alene-based Beehive of North Idaho Inc., which owns and operates Bee Hive Homes assisted-living centers in Coeur d'Alene and Pinehurst, Idaho, says it plans to develop a large senior-living complex in the Wandermere area north of Ghramm, of
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