North Idaho

Coeur d'Alene builder look to restabilize

Contractors Northwest's revenues fluctuate in recession's wide wake

October 9, 2014

Coeur d'Alene-based Contractors Northwest Inc. has been navigating choppy waters since the recession, says Dean Haagenson, the company's cofounder, chairman, and CEO. CNI has charted a respectable year in 2013, buoyed in part by the $14.6 million McE

Assisted-living project gets go-ahead in Coeur d'Alene

Lilac Glen plan also could include 20 housing units

September 25, 2014

Mike McLean

The Coeur d'Alene City Council has approved land-use requests for an envisioned 70-bed assisted-living facility and 20 other residential units on 13 acres of land near the French Gulch area on the east edge of the city, says architect Dick Stauffer, who

Niche machine shop in North Idaho eyes further expansion

Northwest Swiss mulls adding bone-screw line of products

September 25, 2014

Mike McLean

Northwest Swiss Inc., a Hayden, Idaho, precision parts manufacturer that expanded operations just last year, is considering adding a new line of products that would require it to expand once again, says Monty Spencer, the company's founder. The company

Environmental law pioneer moves toward sunset of career

Cd'A attorney Scott Reed ending 58-year practice

September 25, 2014

Mike McLean

At the age of 86, longtime Coeur d'Alene attorney Scott Reed finally decided earlier this year to retire, although he admits he's not very good at it yet. Though he's not taking new cases, the sole practitioner known even by friends as an environme

Trindera Engineering expands downtown office

Cd'A-based concern's staff has grown by half

August 14, 2014

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene-based Trindera Engineering Inc. has doubled the size of its downtown Spokane office, says Katie Fitzpatrick, a spokeswoman for the company. Trindera now occupies all 6,000 square feet of floor space in the two-story structure at 221 W. Ma

Columbia Bank stakes an Idaho foothold

Tacoma-based company to secure long-sought presence in Gem State

August 14, 2014

Mike McLean

Tacoma-based Columbia Banking System Inc. and Sandpoint-based Intermountain Community Bancorp have similar corporate cultures that will assist integrating the two banks following a planned acquisition that will mark Columbia Bank's long-envisioned entry

Hecla posts smaller loss

Gold, silver production rose in second quarter

July 31, 2014

Staff Report

Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, reported this morning a second-quarter net loss of $14.5 million, or 4 cents a diluted share, compared with a loss of $24.9 million, or 8 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Hecla said in a press release it

Cameron-Reilly lands Post Falls project

Cameron-Reilly starts central corridor project

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

The Post Falls Urban Renewal Agency has awarded Spokane Valley-based concrete contractor Cameron-Reilly LLC a $2 million contract for the district's Spokane Street Revitalization Project in the central north-south corridor of the city. Work on the proj

Coeur d'Alene assisted-living facility is adding third building

$560,000 project will boost complex to 48 beds in all

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

Owners of the Renaissance at Coeur d'Alene Assisted Living Community have begun work on the third of five planned 7,500-square-foot buildings there. The Renaissance is located at 2772 W. Avante Loop, a couple of blocks west of Woodland Middle School, i

Columbia Banking to acquire Sandpoint-based IMCB

Transaction to give Tacoma bank its first presence in Idaho

July 24, 2014

Staff Report

Columbia Banking System Inc., the Tacoma, Wash.-based parent of Columbia State Bank, has signed an agreement to merge into its operations Intermountain Community Bancorp, the Sandpoint-based company that operates Intermountain Community Bank and Panhandle