Shortly after her wedding in 2022, Abby McClenathen, who lives in Houston, was excited to discover a Corcoran-based business that promised to preserve her wedding bouquets in resin. She would be able to keep a treasured memento of that day, she thought, forever. A year later, after paying more than $900 and shipping her flowers […]
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Visionary Spokane downtown preservationist Ron Wells, who later was disgraced in fraud scam, dies
Feb. 14—Historic buildings of Spokane have lost one of their greatest advocates. Architect and developer Richard Ronald “Ron” Wells, who championed dozens of projects that reshaped, preserved and enhanced the character of Spokane’s downtown before bizarre legal troubles derailed his reputation, died Sunday evening. He was 75. Bill Main, 71, the owner of Re/Max of […]