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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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-Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.

Schweitzer Engineering plugs into rapid growth

Pullman workforce to top 3,000 within a few years
August 25, 2016
Mike McLean
Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc., is growing quickly around the world, although it also remains committed to its home base, says company CEO Luis D'Acosta. The company recently broke ground on two buildings in which it plans to ex
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City takes lead on Regal retail development plans

Drive-thrus likely allowed at annexed Commons site
August 25, 2016
Mike McLean
The city of Spokane is preparing to take over planning jurisdiction for a $12 million retail development proposed on land on the upper South Hill that was recently annexed into the city. The first phase of the development, however, likely will be review
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Community 1st Bank boosts lending infrastructure

New loan office slated for downtown Coeur d'Alene
August 11, 2016
Mike McLean
Post Falls-based Community 1st Bank reported increases in total assets and deposits for the bank's second quarter, while net income was comparable and net loans declined 3 percent compared with the year-earlier period. David Bobbitt, chairman and CEO o
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—Barry Nance rendering courtesy Spokane Chiropractic & Sports Injury Clinic

Medical, fitness interests slated for new Wandermere structure

Work gets underway on $1.6 million building
August 11, 2016
Mike McLean
Spokane chiropractor Brian Mather and construction executive Tim Ayers have formed a development company that's constructing a $1.6 million, multitenant medical-office and sports-training building in the Wandermere area. The development company, Field
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—Kevin Blocker

North Spokane Corridor: Will it bridge or divide?

New freeway's connection to community scrutinized
August 11, 2016
Mike McLean
Just as the Washington state Department of Transportation awaits the flow of transportation funding to resume construction on the North Spokane Corridor, new ideas are being floated for it, including tossing the freeway concept for the remaining portion o
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—Mike McLean

Bioidentical hormone therapy benefits touted

Health organizations seek research to assess claims about alternative
July 28, 2016
Mike McLean
A practitioner and a pharmacist working in the same building in the Spokane medical district claim that bioidentical hormones are becoming the hormones of choice for women. Hormone replacement therapy has become more refined, they say, in the years foll
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New owner renovates Trade Winds Motor Inn

Iconic motor inn to reopen as Howard Johnson hotel
July 28, 2016
Mike McLean
A Howard Johnson hotel franchisee is fanning new life into the long-vacant Trade Winds Motor Inn on the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Lincoln Street downtown. David Malik, a principal in Portland-based franchisee Comfort Hospitality LLC, says he l
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Cd'A optometry practice moves to relocate to Riverstone

Ironwood Vision Center to more than double space
July 28, 2016
Mike McLean
Daniel Garn, owner of Elite Eyecare PC, which does business as Ironwood Vision Center, has bought a 5,100-square-foot office building in the Riverstone mixed-use development in Coeur d'Alene and plans to move the practice there in September. The single
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—SRM Development LLC

SRM, Merrill Gardens team up on senior projects

Merrill Gardens operates facilities, shares ownership
July 28, 2016
Mike McLean
Spokane-based SRM Development LLC has teamed up with Merrill Gardens LLC, of Seattle, to develop a growing number of senior communities in Western Washington and throughout California, says Ryan Leong, SRM development manager. In the partnership, SRM dev
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Allsport opens Indian Motorcycle dealership

Liberty Lake power sports center expands
July 28, 2016
Mike McLean
Allsport, a recreational motorsports dealership in Liberty Lake, is now the Indian Motorcycle dealer for the Spokane and Inland Northwest market, says Allsport owner Eric Holt. Holt says he recently expanded the Allsport facility at 19595 E. Broadway wi
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