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Local News - Local - October 25, 2012
Liquor sales rise in Idaho after I-1183
New store opens quietly in State Line after surge in activity at Post Falls

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

The new liquor store on the Idaho side of the Washington-Idaho state line is the first new one to open in the Gem State in three years.
The new liquor store on the Idaho side of the Washington-Idaho state line is the first new one to open in the Gem State in three years.
—Staff photo by Mike McLean
The Idaho State Liquor Division quietly opened a liquor store last week in State Line, citing overwhelming sales at one of its Post Falls stores since Washington state enacted new liquor taxes and fees in June.

The store, at 7209 W. Seltice Way, is Idaho's first new state-operated liquor store in three years, says Jeff Anderson, director of the state liquor division.

The store, in which the state began selling liquor on Oct. 17, is in a free-standing, 3,500-square-foo...


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