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.
Leslie's Furniture & Framing, an upscale used-furniture and picture-framing shop, has leased 6,000 square feet of space in the Harbor Ridge retail center, at 1600 W. Seltice Way, in Post Falls, and has moved there from smaller quarters in Hayden. a
Tim Spilker, former president of a prominent masonry company here, says he has bought the assets of an architectural-concrete manufacturing concern and has formed a new entity through which he'll run the renamed operation.He acquired the assets
Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has moved its Spokane Valley outpatient physical therapy clinic and says it's expanding the clinic to serve injured workers.The clinic has leased 2,400 square feet of floor space in a retail at a
The city of Airway Heights says it has launched its own $8.2 million economic stimulus plan aimed at reducing its unemployment rate, which is the highest of any city in the county, and at preparing for future growth.Albert Tripp, the city says on
Estate planning isn't just for the ailing and elderly.It should start as soon as someone has responsibilities in life, says Paul Viren, managing principal at Viren & Associates Inc., a Spokane financial planning firm.An estate plan ensures be
Spokane-based weekly newspaper Pacific Northwest Inlander says it's moving this week to the 10,000-square-foot fourth floor of the Hutton Building, at 9 S. Washington, downtown, from smaller quarters it had leased in the old Spokane Area Chamber of
Ron Nilson, founder of Ground Force Manufacturing LLC, a Post Falls-based maker of huge support vehicles for open-pit mining operations, says he's forming a separate company that will serve the underground sector of the mining industry and create a
The future is near, say health industry insiders here who are anticipating a plethora of technological advances across many fields, ranging from video consultations to robotically assisted walking exercises.Brian Hoots, an analyst at Northwest a
Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported net income of $267,000, or 10 cents a diluted share, for all of last year, compared with a net loss of $3.9 million, or $1.63 a share, for all of the the
Homebuyers of moderate means in rural Inland Northwest communities are discovering U.S. Department of Agriculture-backed mortgages as one of the last zero-down alternatives available today.Demand for loans guaranteed by the USDA's Office of has