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.
Rasmussen Sports Training LLC, doing business as Ultimate Athlete Sports Performance Training Center, has leased 5,900 square feet of floor space at 1116 E. Sherman, in Coeur d'Alene, and plans to move there from leased space at 7791 N. Aqua in Ben
Aerocet Inc., a North Idaho manufacturer of composite floats for aircraft, is enjoying the busiest "slow" season it's ever had. As of early this month, the company's workforce was 34 and expected to increase yet this winter, says Garry Hojan, the a
Spokane-based Mines Management Inc. says it anticipates federal approval as soon as next year of an exploratory mining permit that could lead to a large silver and copper mine, creating hundreds of jobs in northwest Montana.Mines Management's be
Despite the trend among medium-sized and large companies to halt their defined-benefit pension plans, certain small businesses are finding advantages in setting them up, some retirement-plan consultants here say.Mike Furrer, an independent to of
Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane, plans to develop a 4,000-square-foot medical office building in Spokane Valley and lease it out to a yet-to-be-determined tenant or tenants, says company President Mark D'Agostino.D'Agostino says the has a
Dirne Community Health Center, a Coeur d'Alene nonprofit founded to improve community access to health care in North Idaho, is responding to dramatic growth in demand for its services with plans to move to larger quarters to make room for paid and
Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has won a $6.4 million contract to expand the cancer center at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, on the state's West Side, says Heidi Maki, a marketing manager for Lydig.Lydig's Bellevue office is handling
Design Works Inc., a longtime Spokane-area interior design concern, has moved to a retail area north of downtown.The company has leased 3,000 square feet of space at 2504 N. Division, across Division Street from the General Store, and has moved
Century 21 Beutler & Associates, a prominent Coeur d'Alene-based real estate brokerage, has closed its Liberty Lake office and has moved its agents that were based there to other offices.Ann Beutler, who co-owns Beutler & Associates with her 21
A major remodel project is under way at the largest vacant space in NorthTown Mall, where Marshalls, a discount apparel retail chain, plans to open next spring.Marshalls originally had hoped to open in time for the current Christmas shopping but