Mike McLean

Signature Genomics co-founder starts new venture

Ex-Signature Genomics CEO Shaffer launches Paw Print to test dogs

December 20, 2012

Signature Genomics co-founder Lisa Shaffer and her husband, Jeff, are starting a new genetic testing venture—this time for testing people's pooches. The company, Paw Print Genetics, aims to help dog breeders nationwide avoid unhealthy in is

Medication Review hits stride in hospital telepharmacy

Spokane concern offers remote service, oversight for small, rural facilities

December 6, 2012

Mike McLean

Medication Review Inc., a Spokane-based provider of pharmacy services and oversight to rural community hospitals, has expanded its foothold throughout the West, and K. Douglas Crafton, the company's president and CEO, says he expects growth to at a

Kootenai Health acquires gastroenterology practice

Coeur d'Alene hospital district also plans to buy related endoscopy center

December 6, 2012

Mike McLean

Kootenai Health, the Coeur d'Alene-based hospital district that operates Kootenai Medical Center, has agreed to acquire a gastroenterology practice over the next year and a related endoscopy practice in 2014.North Idaho Gastroenterology will its

El Katif Shriners develop West Plains event center

Baker Construction is well under way on $2.1 million facility on old winery site

December 6, 2012

Mike McLean

El Katif Shrine Center, the Spokane-based chapter of the international fraternal organization that supports Shriner's Hospitals for Children, is constructing a $2.1 million event center at the former Worden's Washington Winery property on the West

Triple Play adds slide, rink attractions to its fun center

Amusement park invests $500,000 in large slide, synthetic-ice skating rink

December 6, 2012

Mike McLean

Triple Play Family Fun Park, the amusement center attached to the Holiday Inn Express, in Hayden, Idaho, recently added a 350-foot water slide to its Raptor Reef indoor water park and a synthetic-ice rink in an outdoor section of the center, says a

Ernest Health, Kootenai Health joint venture to develop Post Falls rehab hospital

KMC parent combines resources with Ernest Health for rehab facility

December 6, 2012

Mike McLean

Ernest Health Inc., the Albuquerque, N.M.-based health care provider that operates an acute-care hospital in Post Falls, says it's partnering with Coeur d'Alene-based Kootenai Health, to construct a 30-bed rehabilitation hospital there that it will

Carving a niche in keystones

December 6, 2012

Mike McLean

After selling their Rathdrum-based, high-end wood-molding manufacturing company a few years ago, it didn't take long for Clint and Cheryl Bower to discover they weren't ready to retire. So they started over again, though on a smaller scale.About

Developer adjusts plans for old Burgans Furniture block

$6.8 million renovation includes residential suites, commercial tenant space

December 6, 2012

Mike McLean

A Spokane development company has updated its plans to convert the Burgans Fine Furniture block north of downtown into a mixed-used use complex following a proposed $6.8 million renovation of two existing buildings there, records on file with the a

Spokane groups seek funding, relief in upcoming state legislative session

Transportation, education requests here top $1 billion

December 6, 2012

Mike McLean

The Washington Legislature will face big challenges in the 2013 session, including a court order to increase public school funding, new national health care mandates, putting together a transportation package, and recovering from revenue says Rich

Real Estate Roundup

November 21, 2012

Mike McLean

Advanced Machining NW Inc., a new Spokane machine shop, has leased 1,500 square feet of floor space at 7826 N. Market. Steve Peterson, of Coldwell Banker Tomlinson North, and Doug Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate Group LLC, handled the transaction. Fluids