Kootenai County has bought the former Daughters of Rebekah/Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge building at 200 E. Railroad, in Post Falls, where it plans to expand a Division of Motor Vehicles office, says Shawn Riley, the county buildings and grounds

Post Falls-based Community 1st Bank reported increases in total assets and deposits for the bank's second quarter, while net income was comparable and net loans declined 3 percent compared with the year-earlier period. David Bobbitt, chairman and CEO o

The husband-and-wife owners of Accurate Molded Plastics Inc., a plastic parts maker based in Coeur d'Alene, have bought competitor Mold-Rite Inc., of Woodinville, Wash., for an undisclosed sum. Together, the two companies employ 230 people, including a

Coeur d'Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. has rescinded a $12 million takeover bid for Dolly Varden Silver Corp., alleging the Canadian mining company employed a 'poison pill” strategy to raise the purchase price by more than half. The British Columbia

Coeur d'Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. plans to issue more than 9 million shares of its common stock in anticipation of its pending acquisition of Mines Management Inc., of Spokane. A regulatory filing lists the potential stock offering price at $44.1 mil

Spokane Valley-based grocery-store chain Yoke's Foods Inc. said it has agreed to buy the four Trading Co. Stores supermarkets from Bonner Foods Inc., of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The stores are located in southwest Spokane, Spokane Valley, Cheney, and Po