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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

Family-run Fairwood thriving on resident referrals

Complex north of Spokane expands its assisted living
April 24, 2014
Mike McLean
Fairwood Retirement Village & Assisted Living opened more than 26 years ago as a family-run facility, and directors there say they continue to strive to treat everyone at the community like family. Fairwood has 165 independent-living units and 55 assiste
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FlyBack expands in tire merchant's former space

TRC occupies smaller quarters on South Hill
April 24, 2014
Mike McLean
Green energy technology company FlyBack Energy Inc. has leased an 8,000-square-foot building formerly occupied by TRC Tire Sales LLC, at 102 S. Flora Road, in Spokane Valley, and has consolidated its operations there, says Paul Babcock, company president
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Grapetree Village owners mull expansion

Recent leases fill all retail space at South Hill center
April 24, 2014
Mike McLean
Retail space at Grapetree Village is all leased up, and the owners are considering developing two new buildings at the South Hill commercial center on the 2000 block of east 29th Avenue, says a real estate broker involved in the leases. Recently signed t
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—Mike McLean

Umpqua Bank has changes in 'store'

Bank espouses commitment to community, to roll out its retail brand
April 24, 2014
Mike McLean
Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. now is operating Spokane-founded Sterling Bank under the Umpqua Bank name following a shareholder-approved acquisition that cleared its last regulatory hurdle Friday, April 18. Umpqua has started changing out Sterl
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VPI Quality Windows to buy assets of Oregon company

VPI-Mercer Windows deal expected to close by July
April 24, 2014
Mike McLean
VPI Quality Windows Inc., a Spokane Valley vinyl window and patio door manufacturer, has agreed to buy the window and door manufacturing assets of Beaverton, Ore.-based Mercer Windows. Burke Blevins, president and CEO of VPI, says that specifically, the
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Silverwood Theme Park aims for record season

Season-pass, group sales indicates attendance likely to grow
April 24, 2014
Mike McLean
Silverwood Theme Park is expecting its ninth consecutive annual increase in attendance during the upcoming season that starts May 3. Season-pass sales and group business are up over previous years, which is a good indicator for the upcoming season, says
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—Mike McLean

Assisting departing workers in transition to new jobs

Moloney+O'Neill unit hits outplacement niche
April 10, 2014
Mike McLean
Jerry Smith, at Spokane-based insurance and employee-benefits brokerage Moloney+O'Neill, helps departing employees of certain companies pursue other career options. As director of career-transition and outplacement services at Moloney+O'Neill, Smit
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Jack in the Box planned at CrossRoads in Coeur d'Alene

Calif. franchisee to hire 35 to 40 employees
April 10, 2014
Mike McLean
The City of Coeur d'Alene has issued a building permit for a Jack in the Box restaurant to be built in the CrossRoads Coeur d'Alene retail center, which is anchored by a WinCo Foods grocery store, in northwest Coeur d'Alene. Feast Foods LLC, of M
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—Mike McLean

VAMC addition going up - Art Only

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April 10, 2014
Mike McLean

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories to improve power grid at Stanford University

Work to enable centralized control of campus system
April 10, 2014
Mike McLean
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc., the Pullman-based producer of energy protection equipment and systems, is working on a power-grid upgrade for Stanford University campus in the heart of Silicon Valley, says Eddie Schweitzer, SEL business developm
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