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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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Aslin-Finch to move store across Sprague

Feed chain to occupy half of former furniture outlet, lease out the rest
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Aslin-Finch Feed Co., a Spokane-based manufacturer and distributor of animal feed that also operates eight retail outlets, plans to move its store at 5618 E. Sprague across the street to a former furniture store situated between a Home Depot Inc. a
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Great Floors heeds roots as it grows

CdÂ’A chainÂ’s revenues rose tenfold in 15 years to $128 million in 2007
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
The Coeur dAlene-based flooring company known today as Great Floors LLC has seen its sales grow exponentially with the addition of new branches that reach from Boise to Bellingham, but its president has taken care not to let go of the companys
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Big project planned in Rathdrum

Merritt Park development would include up to 900 living units on 302 acres
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
The development arm of Athol, Idaho-based Merritt Bros. Lumber Co. plans to develop a sprawling, mixed-use urban village in Rathdrumwith up to 900 residential units as well as commercial and industrial properties and land for parks and 302 acres
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Tire dealer mines rich vein

February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
When Tommy Servine recently mentioned to an acquaintance that he makes his living selling tires for mining equipment, the acquaintance replied in a sympathetic tone, Things will turn around for you.Servines answer to that is an emphatic,
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Valley names contractor for Barker bridge

Aging two-lane span to close for 1 1/2 years during replacement effort
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
The city of Spokane Valley has selected a Great Falls, Mont., contractor to build a new $11.3 million bridge to carry Barker Road over the Spokane River.The contractor, Morgen & Oswood Construction Co., is expected to begin work on the project
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Flexibility in the workplace

Workers value control over own job schedules, personnel managers here say
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Employers who enable workers to have some say in shaping their work schedules are more likely to retain them, Spokane-area advocates of the flexible workplace concept say.Flexible work schedules enable employees to maintain a healthy their
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Waterfront land agents switch firms

Beutler & Associates staffs new company with former Tomlinson Black agents
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Three longtime Inland Northwest waterfront real estate specialists have jumped ship and are now operating under a newly formed company called Century 21-Beutler Waterfront, says Bill Fanning, the broker at the new company and one of the agents who
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The harder the better

Family owned Dix Corp. thrives on accepting big, challenging projects
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
In the half-century that Spokane specialty contractor Dix Corp. has been taking on unusual and risky construction projects, the only thing thats become routine at the company is family involvement.Founded here 60 years ago by Peter Dix as a a
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Hayden, U.S. 95 property on market for $30 million

164-acre parcel touted for possible light industrial, commercial projects
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
A 164-acre parcel of former agricultural land in Hayden, Idaho, is on the market for $30 million, a price the Kootenai County Assessors Office says could be a record for a real estate deal in the county in terms of dollar value. The parcel, a
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Commercial jobs prop up permit volume

Construction values run higher through April despite fall in home starts
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Big commercial projects have propped up construction-sector volume here during the first four months of this year, despite a drop in building permits for new homes to a level not seen since 2001.Total permit valuations, including those for both
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