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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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Felts tenant adds aircraft maintenance

Avionics supplier nearly doubles space with lease of second site at airport
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Western Avionics Inc., the longtime Spokane-based provider of aircraft electronics equipment and pilot supplies, has added aircraft maintenance to its services, and has changed its operating name to Western Aviation, says Dave Hood, the companys
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Downtown car dealer buys Safeway property on Third

Former grocery store building was listed for $2 million
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
David Coombs, president and owner of Downtown Toyota/Lexus Inc., of Spokane, has bought the former Safeway Inc. store site at the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Maple Street, says a real estate broker who was involved in the purchase.The
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Employer group buys insurerÂ’s office building

Associated Industries hasnÂ’t decided yet if it will occupy Moloney+OÂ’Neill building
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest, the Spokane-based nonprofit employers group, says that it has bought the Moloney+ONeill insurance brokerages North Side building for an undisclosed sum.Jim DeWalt, CEO of Associated Industries,
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Developer plans 90-lot subdivision

Aho Construction expects to begin building homes at Maple Terrace this year
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Aho Construction I Inc., of Vancouver, Wash., has purchased a 30-acre parcel of land on the West Plains and plans to develop a 90-lot residential subdivision there.Aho received approval from Spokane County of a preliminary plat for the which is
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Mirabeau area roars to life

Former zoo site becomes center of commerce, recreation
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
The Mirabeau Point area, once all but written off following the closure of Walk in the Wild Zoo in 1995, is now a growing center of private, civic, and recreational uses in the Spokane Valley, thanks to an influx of $70 million or more in Business
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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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