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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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Long-closed Valley store faces foreclosure, auction

HomeBase site on Sprague in default for $5.8 million; trustee sale set for May 11
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
More than six years after the HomeBase Inc. store closed in Spokane Valley, the 100,000-square-foot building and the land it sits on is set to be disposed of in a foreclosure action.The property is scheduled to be sold at auction at 10 a.m. May
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Big WSU project could start this summer

Lydig seeks contractors to begin work on $50 million science building in Pullman
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, could begin work as soon as July on a $50 million project on the Washington State University campus in Pullman. Lydig already is looking for qualified subcontractors to bid for work on the project, a $50 and
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Form over Function: Spokane Valley, Post Falls embrace new styles of zoning

Regulations will focus more on project design than on intended land use
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
A new planning concept, called form-based zoning, is being implemented in Spokane Valley to blend retail, office, and residential uses, beginning with those on the Sprague-Appleway corridor, while Post Falls is developing a similar zoning method in
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Unbridled equine enthusiasm

February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Susan Rae has found a way to turn her horse sense into living wages.She conceived and created Ride the West Horse & Ranch Expo, the Inland Northwests biggest annual event dedicated to horses and the people who love them. Rae organizes the her
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Dix Corp. hooks $20 million fisheries project

Spokane concern to build fish-handling facility on OregonÂ’s Deschutes River
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Dix Corp., the longtime Spokane-based specialty contractor, is working with a Montana company on a massive project thats intended to help restore native fish runs to the dam-blocked headwaters of the Deschutes River in central Oregon.The a on
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Lung-cancer rate outpaces breast cancer in U.S. women

Percentage of women sufferers in state moves closer to that of men
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Tawni Spargur felt blindsided when she was diagnosed six months ago with lung cancer.The 46-year-old Spokane woman had been concerned enough about breast cancer to perform self examinations and to undergo recommended medical screenings to early
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Goebel lands $35 million CdÂ’A community center job

Kroc CenterÂ’s amenities to include pools, chapel, meeting, and fitness areas
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Robert B. Goebel General Contractor Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to build the $35 million Salvation Army Coeur dAlene Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, in Coeur dAlene.Terry Goebel, vice president of R.B. Goebel, says
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Chesrown considers private academy at Legacy Ridge

Black Rock’s CEO ‘80 percent sure’ project will proceed
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Developer Marshall Chesrown says hes pursuing tentative plans to build a private school in the Legacy Ridge subdivision at Liberty Lake that he is developing through Coeur dAlene-based Black Rock Development Inc.Chesrown, CEO of Black Rock,
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Four-story office building going up in CdÂ’A

$10.5 million project on Northwest Blvd. is across from Riverstone development
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
A Coeur dAlene company is developing a four-story, 60,000-square-foot office building on Northwest Boulevard south of Interstate 90 in Coeur dAlene. The building, to be called RiverView Tower, will sit on a 3-acre site at 2100 Northwest the
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Tomlinson Black Group aligns with global company

Inland Northwest firm says it will benefit from exposure
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Tomlinson Black Group, the Coeur dAlene-based real estate company, has formed a strategic alliance with Realogy Corp., a big Parsippany, N.J.-based real estate services company.The alliance will place the Tomlinson Black brand before buyers a
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