North Idaho

Distribution, trucking center planned in Post Falls

Land use approved; work expected to start this year

March 28, 2019

Atlanta-based United Parcel Service and Warren, Mich.-based Crown Enterprises Inc. are planning to develop a distribution center and a truck terminal, respectively, at the southeast corner of Beck and Jacklin roads, in west Post Falls.

Velvet Hammer Boutique planned in Coeur d'Alene

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March 28, 2019

Alla Drokina

Online clothing store Velvet Hammer Boutique is slated to open a brick-and-mortar shop this summer at 2049 Main, in the Riverstone Village, in Coeur d'Alene. The online store showcases clothes for women

Hiring Hack: Employer-specific job fairs become more common

Events said to draw more good candidates

March 28, 2019

Natasha Nellis

While one man sits at a table in the center of the room, pouring over his application and preparing for his third interview of the day, another is in and out before his engine gets cold.

Spice & Tea Exchange brewing in Coeur d'Alene

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March 14, 2019

Alla Drokina

The Spice & Tea Exchange, a franchise with headquarters in Palm Harbor, Fla., has opened at 2061 N. Main, in Coeur d'Alene's Riverstone neighborhood. Occupying 1,260 square feet, the shop includes a tea bar, serving hot and cold teas.

Hospice of North Idaho starts $1.8 million expansion

Organization to add seven patient rooms to prepare for increase in demand

February 28, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Coeur d'Alene nonprofit Hospice of North Idaho says it has started construction on a $1.8 million expansion to the Schneidmiller House inpatient unit to help meet the community's growing need for specialized end-of-life care.

Litehouse names new president

Sandpoint dressing maker's Prior had served as CFO, EVP

February 28, 2019

Alla Drokina

Litehouse Inc., the Sandpoint, Idaho-based dressing and consumer packaged goods company, has named longtime company executive Kelly Prior as its new president. Prior also will join the Litehouse board of directors, according to a press release issued

$14 million apartment complex planned in Post Falls

Complex to have 144 units in total of seven buildings

February 14, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Construction is underway on a $14 million, 144-unit Crossroads Apartment complex at the northwest corner of Cecil Road and 12th Avenue, in Post Falls. Liberty Lake-based Rudeen Development LLC is listed as the owner and builder on the project.

At Home Stores plans outlet in old Cd'A Kmart

February 14, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Plano, Texas-based At Home Stores LLC plans to open an outlet at the site of a former Kmart store at 201 W. Neider, in Coeur d'Alene, its second planned Inland Northwest store.

Innovating Idaho: Coeur d'Alene's entrepreneurial ecosystem accelerates

Analysis says Lake City has highest density of startups in state

February 14, 2019

Natasha Nellis

There has long been a notion that to succeed in the technology sector, you have to relocate to Seattle, Boston, or the Silicon Valley. But a group of like-minded people in Coeur d'Alene are working to break that mold and turn the Lake City

Innovation Collective to expand

Cd'A incubator also plans to launch new software

January 31, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Coeur d'Alene-based business incubator Innovation Collective LLC plans to expand its programs into nine new communities and launch its new software, Reflect Space.