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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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Coldwater Creek slows expansion

Retailer puts hold on new CdÂ’A building, scales back plans for store openings
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Coldwater Creek Inc. says it has put on hold completion of a planned $9 million office structure it began building in Coeur dAlene early this year and also has scaled back its retail-store expansion plans amid a continuing softness in the apparel
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Longtime home builder to wind down operations

Three Sullivan Homes managers form new construction company
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Sullivan Homes Inc., of Spokane Valley, one of the top builders of single-family homes here in recent years, plans to stop taking on new projects so its owner can retire from the company.Meanwhile, three managers at the company have formed a a
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WSU mulls proposals for Jensen-Byrd site

Wells & Co. among four developers interested in 3.5-acre Riverpoint property
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Spokane-based Wells & Co., two California companies, and a Denver concern all have submitted proposals for the possible redevelopment of all or parts of a 3.5-acre chunk of land in the Riverpoint Campus east of downtown.Washington State sought
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Making a career out of junk

February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Mummified cats and spoiled seafood notwithstanding, Keith Becker and Jon Reisinger say theyre happy to pick up other peoples garbage and junkand theyre proud to say that more than a third of what they pick up has a chance at a second two of
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MacyÂ’s plans expansion at its CdÂ’A store

February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Macys Inc., the big New York-based retailer, plans to remodel its Macys department store at the Silver Lake Mall in north Coeur dAlene, where it will add nearly 8,000 square feet of retail space to its 44,000-square-foot outlet.For the in
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On-demand printer starts new venture

Digital LizardÂ’s growth could lead to more hires, bigger space, owner says
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Brandon Lee, former owner and current president of By Design Publishing Inc., a Hayden Lake-based publisher of specialty magazines, has launched another new venture, called Digital Lizard, that already employs 18 and is landing sizable Lizard and a
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Garco makes big hangar for Canadian chain

$1.8 million fabrication job includes biggest truss company has ever made
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Garco Building Systems Inc., the Spokane subsidiary of NCI Building Systems Inc., of Houston, is manufacturing a custom-designed, 82,000-square-foot aircraft hangar to be erected at Vancouver International Airport, in British Columbia.The will
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'50s motel strip fights Father Time

Some Sherman Avenue inns motor along—others check out
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
As a surge of traveling motorists teemed across the U.S. in the decade after World War II, roadside motels sprouted up along the east end of Coeur dAlenes Sherman Avenue, which then carried U.S. 10, a main east-west artery.In 1964, work on
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CURB APPEAL

Liberty Lake real estate agent converts an RV into a mobile office
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
When Liberty Lake real estate agent Julie Anne Young takes potential homebuyers around the Spokane area to see real estate listings, she no longer strays far from her office. As of last month, Youngs office is never farther away than the and
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Possible sites for jail project pared to three

Commissioners to choose from parcels on West Plains, in Valley, near courthouse
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Spokane Countys jail-planning consultant has narrowed the list of potential locations for a new county jail facility to three preferred sites. One site is located just north of the current jail, another is on the West Plains, and the third is in
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