Tuesday, January 28
Women, wages and work to be done
Just the other day, Windermere Coeur d’Alene Realty owners, managers and agents celebrated a successful 2019. But in that high-spirited, team-oriented atmosphere, a common concern was served up right along with the bacon and eggs.
LOVING THEIR LOCALS
How businesses beat winter blues
It's no secret that winter can be difficult for local businesses that thrive in the season of tourism.
Icon Credit Union, Horizon credit Union announce plans to merge
Two long time northwest credit unions partner to combine strengths, benefits of larger organization with local focus
Networking opportunities with the Post Falls Chamber
Building a network of friends and professionals is important parts of a fulfilling career path. We at the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce want to provide that opportunity.
Lake City Shoe Repair: Heart and sole of craftsmanship
On his road to business ownership, a younger Wayne Johnson gave up trucks for treads.
Gig workers drive labor changes
Got gig workers? A state law could signal a new trend, and drive employers to change how they approach labor.
New year career advice for workers of any generation
The start of the New Year is always a great time to pause and look for career advice. Career advice is relevant for any age and any stage of your career. Adapting your skills, career goals, network, and industry knowledge is more important as you age in the workforce.
Happy Tomorrowing: Views from an innovator
Editor’s note: This is a new monthly column from Nick Smoot, founder of The Innovation Collective in Coeur d’Alene.
QUEST INTEGRATION
Top tech services with global reach
Manufacturing has changed — evolving over the decades from smokestacks to 3D printers that create tiny components that make up devices used all over the world.
Friday, January 3
OPINION: Go get ‘em, Hecla
The Business Journal of North Idaho editorial staff, like most residents of the region, was excited and hopeful when union miners cast their ballots on a reasonable labor agreement hammered out by committees for the company and United Steelworkers Union 5114.
Slide into a prosperous 2020
Economist Dr. John Mitchell has been regaling packed Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce audiences every December for years, providing what prove to be not just entertaining economic forecasts, but pretty darn accurate ones, too.
Hecla COO Radford retires with silver in his veins
Bunker Hill miners could always tell where Norman Radford had been in the stopes. He smoked cherry flavored tobacco in his pipe and it permeated the humidity of the hard rock mine like lead dust.
Healthy hospital good for us all
Anybody inclined to look at Kootenai Health and wonder why the community hospital’s growth is both impressive and important could glance 35 miles west and get an answer.
Healthy competition one goal for Northwest Specialty Hospital
Northwest Specialty Hospital CEO Rick Rasmussen envisions a future where providers in North Idaho can tend to all the region’s health care needs. He’s determined to participate in a future where people don’t go out of state for services. Like his counterpart at Kootenai Health, Rasmussen sees Kootenai County as a destination for medical tourism.
DiPPER: Familiar food cart grows into new restaurant
The scent from the Northwest Boulevard refrigerator was somehow both mysterious and unmistakable, spiced in secrecy as well as comforting familiarity.
Kootenai Health Timeline: An era of unprecedented expansion
Designations 2011-2019
In late September 2010, Jon Ness took the helm of Kootenai Health as its CEO, replacing longtime chief executive Joe Morris. Here’s a timeline showing some of the community hospital’s accomplishments and expansion efforts during the period of unprecedented growth.
New leadership at Post Falls Chamber
It is a fresh new year and we have 2020 vision — Edith Lovejoy Pierce wrote it perfectly when she said, “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”