Businessman planning halfway house in Lind

LIND – A Renton businessman is in the final stages of purchasing the dilapidated DeVore Motel for development as a residential halfway house for inmates who have served their time.

“I prefer calling it a discipleship training center,” Peter Spairring said Monday, noting he has made an offer on the motel at 206 E. Second St.

The sale is expected to close in a few weeks, he said.

Once the sale goes through, Spairring will begin meeting with state correctional agencies to find inmates about to be released who have expressed and demonstrated their desire to turn their lives around through studying...