Spokane Journal of Business

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Goodwill to build new store in Post Falls, plans new outlet in Spokane

Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest will open a new thrift store in northwest Spokane and will move its Post Falls store to a $3 million facility to be constructed there, says Clark Brekke, president of the Spokane-based nonprofit. In all, Goodwi...

Townhome-style rental project rises in Hayden

Level Ground LLC, of Post Falls, is developing 55 townhome-style rental units with a total construction value of $6.5 million in the Avery Estates subdivision in Hayden. The project will include nine buildings, each with four to eight living units, on 5 ...

Cd’A parts maker acquires West Side competitor

The husband-and-wife owners of Accurate Molded Plastics Inc., a plastic parts maker based in Coeur d’Alene, have bought competitor Mold-Rite Inc., of Woodinville, Wash., for an undisclosed sum. Together, the two companies employ 230 people, including a...

Community 1st Bank boosts lending infrastructure

Post Falls-based Community 1st Bank reported increases in total assets and deposits for the bank’s second quarter, while net income was comparable and net loans declined 3 percent compared with the year-earlier period. David Bobbitt, chairman and CEO o...

Hecla ends bid to take over Dolly Varden Silver Corp.

Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. has rescinded a $12 million takeover bid for Dolly Varden Silver Corp., alleging the Canadian mining company employed a “poison pill” strategy to raise the purchase price by more than half. The British Columbia ...

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Kootenai Health expands in Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls

Coeur d’Alene-based Kootenai Health has launched a $45 million second phase of expansion on the heels of the recently completed $57 million first phase of a master plan for its flagship hospital. The North Idaho regional health care network also has ob...

Hecla prepares possible $44 million offering

Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. plans to issue more than 9 million shares of its common stock in anticipation of its pending acquisition of Mines Management Inc., of Spokane. A regulatory filing lists the potential stock offering price at $44.1 mil...

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North Idaho College to erect $7.7 million student recreation center

North Idaho College broke ground earlier this month on a $7.7 million, 30,000-square-foot student wellness and recreation center on its Coeur d’Alene campus, says Tom Greene, a spokesman for the college. The two-story center will include a gymnasium, a...

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Cd’A Fire Department builds its fourth station

The Coeur d’Alene Fire Department is building a $1.2 million, 7,000-square-foot station in northwest Coeur d’Alene. The facility, which will be the department’s fourth station, will have room for two fire trucks and will be staffed by seven firefig...

Yoke’s agrees to buy Trading Co. stores

Spokane Valley-based grocery-store chain Yoke’s Foods Inc. said it has agreed to buy the four Trading Co. Stores supermarkets from Bonner Foods Inc., of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The stores are located in southwest Spokane, Spokane Valley, Cheney, and Po...

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