North Idaho

Five Pine Wealth Management sees triple-digit growth

Company plans to add junior adviser, office staff

December 3, 2020

Coeur d'Alene-based Five Pine Wealth Management has seen strong growth over the last year, having more than doubled its annual revenue this year compared with 2019.

Gee Automotive acquires Boise-based Lyle Pearson Auto Group

Liberty Lake auto dealer expands into southern Idaho's luxury market

December 3, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Gee Automotive Group, of Liberty Lake, has acquired Boise-based Lyle Pearson Auto Group. Ryan Gee, CEO of Gee Automotive Group, declines to disclose the terms of the transaction, which closed Nov. 18.

Forest Fortunes: PotlatchDeltic, Clearwater Paper find unexpected demand during tumultuous times

Wood, paper products makers strengthen financial positions during pandemic

December 3, 2020

Kevin Blocker

The notion that two of the Inland Northwest's publicly-traded companies, one that manufactures wood products and the other that makes paper products, would see a surge in demand during a pandemic may once have seemed hard to fathom.

New bank, credit union branches planned in Spokane, Cd'A

Credit union to build on former Aces Casino site

November 19, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Two financial institutions are planning to construct new branches, one on Spokane's North Side and one in Coeur d'Alene.

Target of integrity

Cd'A-based company bought by Texas firm

November 5, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Nearly seven years ago, Sean Ruggiero, a Coeur d'Alene-based financial investment adviser, started an annuity and retirement company in large part because of the financial uncertainties he experienced in his childhood.

Hagadone to expand towers project

Third building proposed, could include mix of hotel rooms, condos, apartments

October 8, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Hagadone Hospitality Co. has received the Coeur d'Alene planning commission's approval to pursue a new mixed-use development in southeastern Coeur d'Alene, just west of Fernan Lake.

Restaurateurs open izzy's Comfort Kitchen in Coeur d'Alene

Restaurants & Retail

October 8, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Izzy's Comfort Kitchen owners Jason Keene and his wife, Reannan, think they're on to something just three weeks after opening their restaurant in Coeur d'Alene.

Tamarack Aerospace expands Sandpoint facility

Company to boost sales, engineering jobs this year

October 8, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Tamarack Aerospace Group Inc. is continuing its rapid expansion, having nearly tripled its space at its Sandpoint headquarters. The company has added 3,500 square feet of office space and an additional hangar to its 14,000 square feet of space at 2021

Northwest Specialty Hospital, Idaho Falls group form alliance

Three-year-old agreement with MultiCare terminated

October 8, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Northwest Specialty Hospital, of Post Falls, and Mountain View Hospital, of Idaho Falls, say they've established a new ownership structure that will allow Northwest Specialty to remain physician owned and operated.

Q&A with Ron McIntire, of Super 1 Foods

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September 24, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Ron McIntire was 33 years old when he started his first grocery store, Ron's Thrift Store, in Hayden. He and his wife, Joanne, had just moved to the small North Idaho town, which had a population of less than 800 at the time.