North Idaho

Jack in the Box planned at CrossRoads in Coeur d'Alene

Calif. franchisee to hire 35 to 40 employees

April 10, 2014

The City of Coeur d'Alene has issued a building permit for a Jack in the Box restaurant to be built in the CrossRoads Coeur d'Alene retail center, which is anchored by a WinCo Foods grocery store, in northwest Coeur d'Alene. Feast Foods LLC, of M

Buffalo Wild Wings to build new restaurant in Coeur d'Alene

Chain to open outlet south of Golden Corral

April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc., the fast-growing national chicken-wing restaurant chain, plans to open its first Coeur d'Alene outlet in a building to be constructed by a Western Washington-based developer, according to building permit information on file with

Framework Meetings is expecting solid growth in 2014

Company to coordinate two events at Cd'A Resort in April

March 27, 2014

Katie Ross

Coeur d'Alene-based Framework LLC, which does business as Framework Meetings & Destinations, expects to book more than 50 corporate training events and meetings and more than 120 other events throughout the U.S., say co-owners Wendi Haught and Scott She

Max J. Kuney Co. wins $13.5 million Post Falls dam rehab project

Project includes restoring of south-channel structure

March 27, 2014

Mike McLean

Avista Corp., of Spokane, has selected Spokane-based Max J. Kuney Co. as the contractor for a planned $13.5 million upgrade and restoration of the south channel dam on the Post Falls Dam complex. The work will include removing the original concrete facin

Unicep Packaging buys new production equipment

Sandpoint company plans to make millions of units

March 27, 2014

Mike McLean

Sandpoint-based Unicep Packaging LLC says it has acquired a new manufacturing line that produces sealed single-dose products with enclosed applicators. The terms of the acquisition weren't disclosed. The production line packages certain topical produc

Sandpoint home-and-airplane-hangar development is in holding pattern

SilverWing blames easement uncertainty for lack of sales

March 27, 2014

Mike McLean

A $26 million fly-in community at Sandpoint that the developer, SilverWing at Sandpoint LLC, characterized two years ago as ready for takeoff, hasn't lifted off the ground since then-and currently is sputtering in litigation. A lawsuit filed by Silv

Kootenai County looks to ride building momentum

Multifamily, public projects boost growth in construction

March 13, 2014

Mike McLean

Kootenai County is gaining momentum in most sectors of the construction industry. In 2013, construction volume in unincorporated Kootenai County and its three largest cities-Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, and Hayden-totaled $337 million, an astounding

Bennett House touts respite for senior caregivers

Adult day-care center opens in Coeur d'Alene

February 27, 2014

Katie Ross

Coeur d'Alene businessmen Rick Bennett and George Cunningham have opened an adult day care facility, called Bennett House, to provide caretakers some respite from tending to elderly loved ones. Bennett and Cunningham formed a partnership to open Ben

Palouse crops get farm bill boost

Legume-related funding totals $135 million

February 27, 2014

Treva Lind

Inland Northwest producers of chickpeas and other legumes expect to see economic benefit from two initiatives in the recently passed five-year farm bill, agricultural industry observers say. One of the measures in the Agricultural Act of 2014 provides $1

Avista capital projects loom

Gas-line, customer-service, dam work totals $235 million

February 27, 2014

Mike McLean

Avista Corp. has several big capital projects totaling $235 million in value in various stages of planning and construction this year in the Spokane area. They range from a $1 million gas-line connection replacement project to an $80 million computerized