North Idaho

Mountain West Bank acquires Spokesman building in Cd'A

Four-story building eventually will become bank's new headquarters

August 15, 2024

Mountain West Bank has acquired the former Spokesman-Review building in Coeur d'Alene and plans to relocate its headquarters there in the next couple of years.

Grocery Outlet anchors new $20M Post Falls shopping site

Development includes new 7-Eleven store

August 1, 2024

Erica Bullock

Development is underway on a $20 million retail center in Post Falls, dubbed North Point Plaza, which will be anchored by a 16,000-square-foot Grocery Outlet store.

Clearwater Paper to sell tissue business

Spokane company plans to focus on paperboard production

July 22, 2024

Mike McLean

Spokane-based tissue and paperboard maker Clearwater Paper Corp. has agreed to sell its tissue business for $1.06 billion to a subsidiary of an Italian company.

J-U-B Engineers plans to move North Idaho office

$7M project in Post Falls could be completed next summer

July 18, 2024

Karina Elias

Following company growth and the acquisition of another firm, J-U-B Engineers Inc. plans to move its Coeur d'Alene office to Post Falls by next summer.

Organic market, prepared-meal company opens in Cd'A

Copow Foods looks to combine nutrition, convenience

July 18, 2024

Dylan Harris

Copow Foods LLC, an organic market and prepared-meal company, is open in Coeur d'Alene.

Around Town: July 18

July 18, 2024

Erica Bullock

'Bad actor' lawsuit against Hecla dismissed

Company plans to advance Montana project under continued opposition

July 11, 2024

Journal of Business Staff

A “bad actor” lawsuit filed against Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. by a coalition of tribes and environmental groups has been voluntarily dismissed.

131-room hotel project OK'd on Sherman Avenue in Cd'A

Construction expected to start in Q4 2024

June 20, 2024

Erica Bullock

After a four-month delay, plans for a Marriott brand hotel, dubbed AC Coeur d'Alene, can proceed in downtown Coeur d'Alene.

Anchored Tiny Homes franchise opens in Spokane

ADU builder covers Spokane, North Idaho regions

June 6, 2024

Dylan Harris

Matt Goodwin, the co-owner of Brick West Brewing Co., opened Anchored Tiny Homes of Spokane & North Idaho last month.

Longtime Hecla CEO Phillips S. Baker retires

Board chair named interim leader

May 24, 2024

Journal of Business Staff

Phillips S. Baker Jr., longtime CEO at Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla Mining Co., has retired and Catherine J. “Cassie” Boggs, the company’s current board chair, has been named interim CEO.