North Idaho

Pool World builds new home for its Cd'A store

Structure near I-90 slated to be finished next March

June 30, 2016

In an effort to boost exposure and meet growing demand, Spokane-based Pool World Inc. is starting construction of a larger building in Coeur d'Alene. 'As the economy has emerged from the Great Recession, our market segment has been no different,â€ s

Hecla plans takeover bid for Canadian company

Cd'A mining concern said unhappy with loan decision

June 30, 2016

Less than a year after loaning money to a struggling Canadian mining company, Coeur d'Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. says it will make a $12 million takeover bid for that company, Dolly Varden Silver Corp. The purchase would be for all outstanding shares

Tech innovation booster buys Coeur d'Alene Elks Building

New owner plans to add space, renovate structure

June 16, 2016

Mike McLean

A group led by Innovation Collective LLC owner Nick Smoot has bought the long-vacant Elks Building in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Smoot says the building will be home to Coeur d'Alene-based Innovation Collective activities, including teaching, mentoring,

Silverwood Theme Park's sales outpacing last year's

North Idaho attraction says it's on record-setting track

June 16, 2016

Though early into the 2016 season, officials at Silverwood Theme Park in North Idaho say they could experience a record-setting year for attendance based on early sales. 'We're up about 8 or 9 percent in sales of season passes and other group discoun

Powering drones at Vertical Partners Northwest

Commercial battery sales expected to overtake hobby sector

June 16, 2016

Mike McLean

Though Rathdrum-based Vertical Partners West LLC has become a major supplier of batteries and chargers to remote-controlled model hobbyists during the last 15 years, commercial sales driven by the surging drone market could overtake the hobby sales this y

Rathdrum Trading Post is planning its second move this year

New owner plans to add space, renovate structure

June 16, 2016

Mike McLean

Rathdrum Trading Post Hardware plans to move this summer-again. It will be the second move for the independent hardware store this year. The store's permanent location will be in a 12,000-square-foot structure under construction about a half-mile so

Alliance Data expands in Coeur d'Alene

Company plans to add 200 workers by year-end

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Alliance Data Systems Corp., the Plano, Texas-based credit-card, customer-service call center operator, has expanded its Coeur d'Alene operations by moving into an additional 75,000-square-foot building, and intends to add 200 more employees there by th

Spate of highway projects in works in North Idaho

ITD recently has awarded $12.4 million in contracts

June 2, 2016

Mike McLean

The Idaho Transportation Department recently has awarded contracts totaling $12.4 million for highway projects now in their early construction stages in North Idaho, says Marvin Fenn, the department's Coeur d'Alene-based District 1 engineering manager

Post Falls Medical Boom

Health care sector provides community hundreds of jobs

June 2, 2016

Mike McLean

Post Falls, once considered a bedroom community to both Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, has become home to a vibrant medical district that's brought hundreds of health care jobs to the River City. The growth in medical and health services and facilities i

Hecla Mining agrees to acquire Mines Management

Transaction is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter

May 24, 2016

Staff Report

Coeur d'Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Mines Management Inc., of Spokane. The transaction is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2016 and is subject to approval by Mines Management shareh