North Idaho

Tourism conference on tap for North Idaho

Summit will emphasize teamwork for success

March 26, 2015

Regional tourism professionals will gather in Coeur d'Alene next month to collect and share ideas on how to further strengthen one of North Idaho's top industries, says Christina Petit, director of sales and marketing at the Best Western Plus Coeur dâ

Northwest Specialty Hospital targets medical tourism market

Specialty center bundles procedures with resort stay

March 26, 2015

Mike McLean

Northwest Specialty Hospital, in Post Falls, is looking to capitalize on Canada's growing medical tourist market by bundling some of its surgical procedures with a stay at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Kootenai County is holding onto building momentum

Projects valued at more than $210 million in the works

March 12, 2015

Mike McLean

Kootenai County is looking to continue to build on gains it has achieved in active construction projects since the low point of the Great Recession. Projects valued at more than $210 million currently are under construction, permitted, or planned. That d

Hayden Homes agrees to buy competitor's 1,200 lots

Copper Basin shifts focus to its multifamily projects

March 12, 2015

Mike McLean

Prominent homebuilder and developer Copper Basin Construction Inc., of Hayden, has agreed to sell 1,200 residential lots in the Inland Northwest to Redmond, Ore.-based Hayden Homes LLC, the companies jointly announced last week. Hayden Homes will acquire

Horn, hide, fur dealer relocates to North Idaho

Oregon-rooted company opens shop in Hayden

February 26, 2015

Mike McLean

Beaver Pond Products, a retailer and wholesaler of antlers, furs, and leather, has leased 2,100 square feet of space in a multitenant commercial building at 10733 N. Government Way in Hayden, Idaho. The company has relocated to Hayden from the Redmond ar

North Town Insurance opens office in Hayden

Location is fourth overall, first outside of the state

February 26, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Swiss Valley Agency, a Spokane-based independent property/casualty, life, health, and business insurance company doing business as North Town Insurance, is expanding with a new office in North Idaho, says Lisa LeBlanc, North Town agency manager. The comp

Cd'A retirement complex gives nod to its roots

Faith-based community rebrands as it looks toward next century

February 26, 2015

Mike McLean

The Village at Orchard Ridge, formerly Coeur d'Alene Senior Living, has taken on a new name as its operators look forward to guiding it into its second century of service.

Hecla Mining posts strong earnings

Company reports record sales, record silver production

February 18, 2015

Staff Report

Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, reported this morning fourth-quarter net income of $16.8 million, or 5 cents a diluted share, up from a net loss of $3 million, or 1 cent a share, in the year-earlier period. For all of 2014, Hecla posted income of

Big Japanese company to acquire Quest Aircraft

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February 17, 2015

Staff Report

Quest Aircraft Co., the Sandpoint-based aerospace manufacturer that produces the Kodiak light airplane, reports this morning that it has agreed to sell its assets to Tokyo-based Setouchi Holdings Inc. Setouchi Holdings is one of the key holdings of Tsu

Direct primary care is popular with doctors, not yet with patients

Physicians' model allows more time with each person

February 12, 2015

Staff Report

While data would indicate patient interest in direct primary health care hasn't grown locally, it could be a trend on a national level, and Hayden, Idaho-based doctor Richard R. Samuel is taking part in that trend.