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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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ZBA transitions to new owners

Architectural firm aims to stay in design forefront with sustainable housing
November 7, 2013
Mike McLean
Randy Vanhoff and Mark King, the newest partners at ZBA Architecture PS, of Spokane, say they don't plan to stray from the firm's core business as they lead the firm through a rebranding effort.ZBA, which was founded 29 years ago as Zeck Butler
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Deciphering 401(k) fee disclosures said difficult to do

Previously hidden fees still hard to find in new mandated explanations
November 7, 2013
Mike McLean
Fee disclosure requirements for employer-sponsored 401(k) and other defined contribution retirement plans are a good idea, some financial and plan advisers here say, but they add that the disclosure statements sent to millions of plan participants
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Vandermeer to expand, move in Valley

Lumber supplier builds new office, distribution facility on Barker Road acreage
November 7, 2013
Mike McLean
Vandermeer Forest Products Inc., a Lynnwood, Wash.-based wholesale lumber supplier, is preparing to move its Spokane Valley operations onto its own property in the Valley from leased office space and a third-party distribution facility, says Gary a
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Siding replacement work uncovers structure's history

Storhaug mulls whether to save old store moniker on building's former front
November 7, 2013
Mike McLean
What started as a simple re-siding job at 510 E. Third has got Jerry Storhaug considering whether he should be doing some historic preservation.As workers tore down the weathered siding on the west side of the building, they discovered a blue, a
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PAML creates new division for age-management testing

Aion to compete nationwide in growing medical field
November 7, 2013
Mike McLean
Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC has launched a new testing division named Aion Laboratories, which specializes in diagnostics in the growing field of age-management medicine, says Patty Sipes, PAML senior vice president
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Spokane County's top taxpayer levies swell

Perennial leader Avista ranks first on list of 50 largest property owners
November 7, 2013
Mike McLean
The collective share of the 50 largest property taxpayers in Spokane County, led by perennial top payer Avista Corp., grew by 16 percent this year to reach nearly 9 percent of the total property taxes levied in the county, according records through
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Tax experts plot strategies to soften blows of rate jump

Affordable Care Act said having sizable impact on taxpayers
October 24, 2013
Mike McLean
The largest year-over-year individual tax increases in at least a decade are in effect, and high-income earners who haven't planned for them might be in for a shock, tax preparers here say.Many middle-income taxpayers also might be surprised by
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Health cost analysis company forms

Tech entrepreneurs set to launch cloud-based platform to measure efficiency
October 24, 2013
Mike McLean
Two experienced Spokane entrepreneurs are in countdown mode for the launch of Arevo Health, a cloud-based software startup that they hope will revolutionize corporate health care efficiency tracking.Ryan Fix and Jim Schlosser founded the company
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Spokane Gymnastics buys former Valley fitness facility

Business plans to expand as it relocates in phases to its own larger building
October 24, 2013
Mike McLean
Spokane Gymnastics Enterprises LLC, of Spokane, has bought a 28,000-square-foot commercial building at 2515 N. Locust, just east of the Argonne Village Shopping Center in Spokane Valley, says Nadine Burgess, the owner of the business.Beginning a
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Umpqua Bank-Sterling Bank transition plan looms

Portland bank to roll out retail-store concept at Sterling sites
October 24, 2013
Mike McLean
It likely will be another eight months or so before Umpqua Bank logos start showing up at Sterling Bank locations here, assuming Umpqua's proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sterling meets regulatory approval.Umpqua, though, expects to capitalize
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