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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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Northeast Community Center to start $6 million project

Addition to Hillyard facility will house nonprofit youth programs, medical services
November 25, 2009
Mike McLean
The nonprofit Northeast Community Center says work is expected to start before month's end on a $6 million expansion of its facility in Hillyard. The expansion will include construction of a 31,000-square-foot, three-level addition, an outdoor A
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—Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Dix picks up three dam jobs together worth $14.3 million

Spokane contractor also is helping design Arizona bridge restoration
November 25, 2009
Mike McLean
Dix Corp., a Spokane specialty contractor, says it recently has landed three heavy construction jobs in the Snake and Columbia river systems totaling $14.3 million and is doing some design work on a $5 million bridge restoration project in the job,
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Shipper plans $3.6 million Valley terminal

Old Dominion says it will move terminal operations from space it leases here
November 25, 2009
Mike McLean
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., a national trucking company based in Thomasville, N.C., says it plans to erect a $3.6 million, 18,000-square-foot terminal in Spokane Valley and move its Spokane operations there from space it currently leases.The
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Hoping to avoid cuts in Olympia

Business advocates here to submit conservative requests to Legislature
November 25, 2009
Mike McLean
Business advocates here say they're going to be especially conservative this year when they submit funding requests to the Washington Legislature for the upcoming session because the state's supplemental budget likely will involve more deep cuts in
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Work starts on two Wal-Mart stores in area

Idaho outlets' project values top $25 million; work force might hit 600
November 25, 2009
Mike McLean
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the big Bentonville, Ark.-based retail chain, is getting ready to expand its already substantial presence in the Inland Northwest.It says it has started work on two large North Idaho stores—one in Hayden and the in a
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Interface buys building on West Second

Computer-training school here expects larger quarters will give it room to grow
November 12, 2009
Mike McLean
Interface Computer Services Inc., a computer-skills school that does business here as Interface College-Spokane, says it has bought an 8,800-square-foot, two-story building at the northwest corner of Second Avenue and Stevens Street downtown and to
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Retraining programs swell

Displaced workers here prepare for changes in careers with state, federal help
November 12, 2009
Mike McLean
Shannon Eslick decided to enroll in dental-assistant courses at Spokane Community College through its state-funded Worker Retraining program after she was laid off for a second time last year by Insight Enterprises Inc.'s Liberty Lake outlet.The
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Flexibility is at Hart of matter

Hart Capital Management says it's seeing increase in clients here
November 12, 2009
Mike McLean
Hart Capital Management Inc. has focused on protecting its clients' assets through two economic downturns and is back on a growth track this year, says Craig Hart, the 11-year-old asset management company's president and chief investment The is in
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Bouten plans to open office in Tri-Cities

Spokane contractor says community presence will build relationships there
November 12, 2009
Mike McLean
Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, says it will open an office in the Tri-Cities area of Central Washington Dec. 1.The new office will be in south Richland near the Columbia Point Golf Course, about 150 miles southwest of Spokane.President
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

YMCA to move its offices to old bingo hall

Consultant advises razing former health-club facility, accepting conservation funds
November 12, 2009
Mike McLean
The YMCA of the Inland Northwest has leased a former bingo hall near its new central facility and plans to move its offices there early next year, says Rig Riggins, its president and CEO.Riggins says the organization's administrative 45 begin &
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