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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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—Mike McLean

Hayden design firm adjusts as stability returns

Schools, commercial jobs sustain Longwell+Trapp
November 6, 2014
Mike McLean
Longwell+Trapp Architects PLLC, of Hayden, has seen steady work in both private and publicly funded projects in the last two years, although the company still is leaned out somewhat from the Great Recession, says founding principal Gordon Longwell.
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VA Medical Center plans to build $10 million clinic

Project design to enhance patient-centered approach
November 6, 2014
Mike McLean
The Mann-Grandstaff Veteran's Affairs Medical Center is in the design phase of a $10 million primary care clinic to be constructed on the hospital campus in northwest Spokane. The 25,000-square-foot clinic will be designed to accommodate what the VA re
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Growth rate slows for Spokane County's biggest tax bills

Avista retains No. 1 ranking among property owners
November 6, 2014
Mike McLean
Tax bills levied on the top 50 property owners in Spokane County for 2014 totaled $46.3 million, up 4.4 percent from the total tax bills for the top 50 property taxpayers in 2013, county records show. The rate of increase, though, was substantially slowe
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—Mike McLean

Ridpath project advances

Wells & Co. aims to start apartment work this winter
November 6, 2014
Mike McLean
Ron Wells, who heads the Spokane company that plans to redevelop the historic, but downtrodden Ridpath Hotel into the Ridpath Club Apartments, says the Washington State Housing Finance Commission is looking favorably on the funding package lined up for th
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Business developers team up to buy Plechner Building

Trio to operate Spokane Entrepreneurial Center
October 23, 2014
Mike McLean
Three Spokane business developers and investors have joined to buy the Plechner Building, which they plan to continue to operate as the Spokane Entrepreneurial Center. Tom Simpson, a member of the ownership group, says he and fellow entrepreneurs, Rob Ma
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—Mike McLean

Private nursing agency at home with young patients

Provider focuses on care for medically fragile kids
October 23, 2014
Mike McLean
Spokane Valley-based Pediatric Home Care Inc. focuses on enhancing the quality of life of medically fragile children, by helping young patients to live at home despite their needs for intensive medical intervention, says Ruth Seignemartin, administrator a
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NWBDA appoints new leader as Acevedo steps back

Debbie Shipman named president of SBA lender
October 23, 2014
Mike McLean
Debbie Shipman has been named president of the Northwest Business Development Association, and longtime president Gil Acevedo plans to stay on with the nonprofit to help with the transition until May, when he plans to retire. Shipman says her goal for th
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—Mike McLean

Caterpillar buys land next to its West Plains facility

Some speculate that company will expand
October 23, 2014
Mike McLean
Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. has purchased a parcel of land next to its big distribution center on the West Plains, leading some people familiar with the transaction to conclude that the company is planning to expand there soon. Dick Edwards, a co
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—Mike McLean

Riverpoint Campus has room for two medical-school programs, Chancellor Brown says

UW separates WWAMI from WSU, plans to keep it here
October 23, 2014
Mike McLean
This state, this town, and even the Riverpoint Campus is big enough for two university medical-school programs, contends Lisa Brown, chancellor at Washington State University Spokane. Brown says there's enough physical space in WSU Spokane's Biomedic
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Umpqua Bank gives $420,000 to two organizations here

Grants benefit programs aimed at youth, education
October 23, 2014
Mike McLean
In an initial round of grants to Spokane-area nonprofits, the Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded a total of $420,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest and Excelerate Success, says Eve Callahan, an Umpqua spokeswoman.
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