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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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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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Vandervert to construct CabelaÂ’s

February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to build the big new Cabelas Inc. store in Post Falls, and construction on the project could begin as early as next week, the giant sporting goods retailer says.The Sidney,
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WhoÂ’s afraid of the big bad CabelaÂ’s

Sporting goods retailers here carve up increasingly crowded field
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
The prospect of Cabelas Inc. and G.I. Joes Inc. entering the Spokane-Coeur dAlene sporting goods market and Sportsmans Warehouse expanding here doesnt exactly have home-grown and longtime retailers shaking in their hiking boots.Ed who
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THE BONDS that tie ... into job creation

Industrial revenue bonds offer tax break to buyers, low interest rate to borrowers
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
When Mark Sonderen was seeking funding for new equipment to expand production at Sonderen Packaging here, his banker recommended that the longtime paperboard carton maker seek financing through whats called an industrial revenue bond.Such is
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Amica office here to move, expand staff

Insurer says after transition to Valley, service center will grow to 85 employees
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Amica Mutual Insurance Co. says it plans to move its 56-employee service center here to larger quarters and to add 23 employees at the center by June.The big Lincoln, R.I.-based insurer has leased about 12,000 square feet of office space at E.
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Foreclosures fell sharply here in 2006

Home-price appreciation, job growth help filings drop to lowest in decade
February 26, 1997
Mike McLean
Strong job growth and a steady housing market are helping Spokane County buck a national trend of rising foreclosures.The Spokane County Auditors Office says the number of foreclosures on deeds of trust here plummeted by 43 percent last year,
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