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Blue Cross of Idaho opens office in Coeur d'Alene

Site provides more room for staff, clients to meet

October 10, 2019

Blue Cross of Idaho has opened an office in Coeur d'Alene that the health insurance provider says eventually will employ 40 people, representing a variety of departments. The new office is located at 1812 N. Lakewood Drive and is open 8 a.m. to 4:30

AristaPoint establishes office in Spokane

Specialty insurance agency plans to double staffing

October 10, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Kirkland, Washington-based AristaPoint, an insurance agency and private group market administrator, has opened a new Spokane office in the historic Flour Mill, at 621 W. Mallon, says CEO Patrick Chestnut. The new office will include full-time consulting

North 40 project gains traction on West Plains

Company purchased property in mid-June

October 10, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Plans for the proposed North 40 Outfitters retail store on the West Plains are moving forward, according to building permit application information on file with the city of Spokane. The planned $6.5 million store will be located on vacant land at 9646

Parting Thoughts With Dave Newton of Odom Corp.

Account exec reflects on 35 years working in the beverage industry

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

Dave Newton has been with beverage distribution company The Odom Corp. for nearly 20 years, 15 of which he's spent as senior chain account executive. When Odom came to the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market, Newton opened its first Coeur d'Alene

Natural Grocers plans new store on Spokane's South Hill

Company to take former South Hill Hastings space

October 10, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Specialty supermarket Natural Grocers, a subsidiary of Lakewood, Colorado-based Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc., is planning a new South Hill store at a former Hastings Entertainment site, at 2512 E. 29th, according to a building permit

Postpartum depression is more than 'baby blues'

Perinatal mood disorders include anxiety, PTSD

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

As many as one in five mothers experience postpartum depression, says Spokane-based licensed independent clinical social worker and therapist Corynn Manske. 'We pretty much all know somebody, whether we know it or not, who has gone through it,â€

Multiple in-fill housing projects planned in Spokane

Five projects are underway throughout Spokane area

October 10, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Town house-style complexes and infill developments are continuing to pop-up across the Spokane region, with over $6.7 million in smaller apartment projects planned or underway in the county. In Spokane Valley, two projects totaling about $3 million are

Started from ground up, NNAC reaches new heights

Woman-owned Native firm thrives in Cd'A

October 10, 2019

Kevin Blocker

What does a 24-year-old woman of Cherokee descent with a two-year-old going through a divorce decide to do at the beginning of the Great Recession? Start a construction business of course. Today, a Regina Lettau has turned that business into an

Hardwick & Sons moves ahead in Post Falls

Former Seattle hardware store operator plans mid-2020 opening

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

Hardwick & Sons hardware store has selected a site along east Mullan Avenue in Post Falls for its new store, the architect on the project says. Mark Latham, owner of Post Falls-based ML Architect & Associates Inc., says a 22,000-square-foot building