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Special Report - Special Report - December 20, 2012
Signs point toward sustained growth in North Idaho


Manufacturing, health care, and tourism will help sustain economic growth in Kootenai County, and the residential real estate market will continue its modest rebound, observers of the economy there say.

The October unemployment rate was 8.7 percent in Kootenai County, down from 10.7 percent in October 2011, as the county gained 1,466 jobs in the year-over-year comparison, says Alivia Metts, Coeur d'Alene-based regional labor economist for the Idaho Department of Labor.

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