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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Glancey Rockwell & Associates

Western States to consolidate in Liberty Lake

$30M dealership facility under construction for Spokane-area operations
March 24, 2022
Mike McLean
Work is well under way in Liberty Lake on a $30 million Caterpillar dealership facility for Meridian, Idaho-based Western States Equipment Co. Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, is the general contractor on the project, and Pete Rockwell, of
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Mike McLean

Multiple warehouses in progress throughout Spokane County

620K square feet of industrial space in works this year
March 24, 2022
Mike McLean
Work is progressing on a number of industrial and warehouse developments in Spokane County, where active projects will bring over 620,000 square feet of new facilities online as soon as this year. The largest such development is the 125-acre Douglass
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Mike McLean

Amazon continues to expand presence here

One facility is going up; another nearly complete
March 24, 2022
Mike McLean
Amazon.com Inc. continues to expand its presence in the Spokane area with two current projects having a total construction value of $56 million underway on the West Plains. A nearly 280,000-square-foot structure widely presumed to be an Amazon sorting
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Mike McLean

Post Falls, Rathdrum corridor project to be completed

Work scheduled to begin Route 41-Interstate 90 interchange replacement
March 24, 2022
Mike McLean
On the heels of a $59.2 million state Route 41 expansion and improvement project that reaches from Post Falls to Rathdrum and is expected to be completed this year, the Idaho Transportation Department expects to begin construction on a $60 million to
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City of Cheney ponders uses for land following acquisition

Potential property uses include wetland banking, new site for headworks
March 24, 2022
Mike McLean
Potential uses for 228 acres of land acquired last year by the city of Cheney include buffering some city operations from potential conflicting uses and moving some operations from leased land, says Mark Schuler, Cheney city administrator.
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Sioux Steel acquires Scafco Grain System

Buyer Sioux Steel Co. to keep Scafco employees, operations in Spokane
March 24, 2022
Mike McLean
Longtime Spokane company Scafco Grain Systems Co. has been acquired by Sioux Steel Co., of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Scafco Grain Systems, which designs and manufactures grain storage bins, silos, handling equipment, and drying technology, has operated
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AG files consumer protection lawsuit against Providence

Health care organization says claims are 'inaccurate, unfair'
February 24, 2022
Mike McLean
The Washington state Attorney General's Office has filed a consumer protection lawsuit that claims that 14 hospitals, including the two Providence hospitals in Spokane, sought to collect payments from Washington residents who were eligible for charity c
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SOLAR ROADWAYS

Whatever Happened With: Solar Roadways

North Idaho company planning to introduce new model of panels
February 24, 2022
Mike McLean
Solar Roadways Inc., a Sandpoint, Idaho-based developer of solar-power generating road panels, is working on a new prototype and is in contract negotiations with a potential manufacturing partner, says Julie Brusaw, company co-founder.
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