Senior caregiver Judy Cornish realized a few years ago that her dementia patients relaxed more if she chatted with them regularly about what was happening. Her friendly bantering used intentional words giving clients needed information to offset their l

Five Inland Northwest ski resorts are coming off much-improved seasons following the disastrous 2014-15 snow-drought season. Brad McQuarrie, general manager at Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, says the park 30 miles north of Spokane had many outstanding

Southern Idaho-based Idaho Central Credit Union has just one modest branch in North Idaho, but the credit union has big growth plans there, just as it's enjoying consistent strong performance across the financial cooperative, says Coeur d'Alene branch

Efforts are underway to lift the status of Kootenai County as a national hub for drone technology. Brad Ward, president of Hayden-based Empire Unmanned LLC, contends the Hayden, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, and Rathdrum area has a collaborative edge ov

Coeur d'Alene businessman Ron Ayers says the hotel he's planning would be the engine that drives an economic development campus, in addition to increasing lodging capacity near downtown Coeur d'Alene. Ayers proposes to develop a $10 million, 112-ro

Kent Hull, managing partner at Iron Bridge Office Campus, says his development companies are planning major projects in Spokane and Hayden that could total $70 million in construction value. The project closest on the horizon would be Iron Bridge IV, a 9

A core line of seasonings for Rathdrum-based Ocean Gourmet Salts originates from deep coastal waters. That's why an ocean theme remains central to the company's marketing, despite its headquarters in land-locked North Idaho. After discovering gourmet

Four cancer-care medical practices have restructured and changed their names to Summit Cancer Centers in the latest shifting in cancer care services here. Dr. Arvind Chaudhry, medical oncologist and director of Summit Cancer Centers, says this new integr