North Idaho

Post Falls prosthetics clinic changes hands

New KPO owners want to carry on founder's work

February 25, 2021

Experienced orthotists and prosthetists Dan Daley and Stephen Blas have acquired Kootenai Prosthetics & Orthotics from its long-time owner Robert Miller, who recently retired from clinical practice. Daley and Blas decline to disclose the terms

MultiCare, Kootenai Health form behavioral health alliance

Organizations to assess service gaps, priorities

February 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

MultiCare Health System has partnered with Kootenai Health to expand behavioral health services in the Inland Northwest. The partnership builds on the health care organizations' shared mission to provide comprehensive health care services, says Tim Hol

Idaho venues benefit from Washington's gathering limits

More open rules attract business to Gem State

February 25, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Around the middle of last year, Beacon Hill Catering & Events co-owner Ellie Aaro announced the business was expanding its meal and delivery service, Beacon at Home.

Verdis construction company moves to larger quarters

Young paid $1.1M for structure along Schreiber in Cd'A

February 11, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Coeur d'Alene-based Verdis, a woman-owned engineering, planning, landscape design and construction company, has moved to a new location following a record-setting sales year.

Dollar Fulfilment buys more land in Post Falls

Growing company plans new warehouse in Bighorn Industrial Park

February 11, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Hayden-based e-commerce fulfillment company Dollar Fulfillment is continuing to make room to expand with the purchase of 5 acres of land in the Bighorn Industrial Park, in Post Falls.

Silver Lake Mall changes hands

Sporting goods company whose owner is involved in transaction opens shops

February 11, 2021

Natasha Nellis

The owner of a Coeur d'Alene-based sporting goods retail store has acquired Silver Lake Mall through an affiliated company, according to documents on file with the Kootenai County Assessor's office.

LunchboxWax franchisees to expand into Spokane

Restaurants & Retail

January 28, 2021

Kevin Blocker

LunchboxWax salon franchisees Brandi and Mike Chapman plan to open a salon on Spokane's South Hill, its second overall, either in late May or early June. The couple opened their first bikini and facial wax salon last July in 1,500 square feet of space

Work on North Idaho veterans home to resume in spring

Final construction value still to be determined

January 14, 2021

Kevin Blocker

The Idaho Division of Veterans Services says it will resume construction in the spring on a 64-room veterans home in Post Falls on a 7-plus-acre parcel of donated land. Veterans Services broke ground and began site work in the final quarter of 2020

Atlas Mill site prepped for residential construction

Developers planning both single-, multifamily projects on 47-acre tract

January 14, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Redevelopment has started at the former Atlas Mill site, located along the Spokane River in northeast Coeur d'Alene. Hilary Anderson, community planning director with the city of Coeur d'Alene, says the first phase of

Strong development key to Kootenai County recovery

In-migration cushions real estate, financial services in pandemic

December 17, 2020

Mike McLean

North Idaho wasn't exempted from the pandemic-induced economic crisis of 2020, but the entire state may be recovering slightly faster than most of the country, contends Sam Wolkenhauer, Post Falls-based labor economist for the Idaho Department of Labor.