North Idaho

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

Project includes restoring of south-channel structure

March 27, 2014

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

Hecla reports loss

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February 19, 2014

Staff Report

Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, reported today a fourth-quarter net loss of $3 million, or 1 cent a diluted share, compared with net income of $605,000 in the year-earlier period. For all of 2013, the company posted a net loss of $25.7 million, o

Inland Northwest commodity markets expected to be mostly profitable

However, wheat growers are said likely to struggle

January 30, 2014

Treva Lind

Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative, says commodity markets appear generally strong this year for most agricultural producers, but wheat producers will face challenges turning a profit due to lower grain pric

More apartments to rise at Riverstone

Two complexes will have 152 units, $13 million total value

January 16, 2014

Mike McLean

Hayden developer Whitewater Creek Inc. has obtained permits to build two apartment complexes, with 152 living units combined and a total construction valuation of $13 million, in the Riverstone mixed-use community in northwest Coeur d'Alene, city record