Business News
Idaho Smart Growth thankful for philanthropy
A Seattle environmental foundation is nearing the end of its grant-giving commitments toward groups around the Pacific Northwest, phasing out a key resource partner to a North Idaho group that specializes in Idaho growth management assistance.
Makerspaces essential solution to job gap
When it comes to finding skilled workers to fill the estimated 7.5 million job openings in the U.S., small businesses are feeling the crunch. In today’s unprecedented booming economy, our region’s small employers are searching for qualified workers to fill the increasing amount of positions currently available.
Lasting lessons from ladies in leadership
Five of The Coeur d'Alene Resort's departments are led by women, and one is run entirely by women.
Research: Working moms boost kids’ success
Career ambitions aside, gone are the days when one average income could support a family. That’s probably why 70 percent of women with kids under 18 work, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Automated massage business offers low-cost relaxation
Brent O’Donnell’s big mastiff sits quietly under the reception desk at Relax and Recover Coeur d’Alene, a massage therapy business located on one of the city’s more hectic intersections at the corner of Government Way and Neider Avenue.
‘Earn while they learn’
Veronika Aviles and Ethan Leibrant are getting a jumpstart on their industrial mechanic careers, while Idaho Forest Group is countering labor hurdles presented by low unemployment.
With aging workers, Idaho water seeks next generation
Safe, plentiful and affordable drinking water, environmentally sound wastewater treatment, and the people who maintain the systems are some of Idaho’s most precious resources and something many people take for granted.
Lake Cd’A is an economic giant
OK, it’s not quite in the same class as Lake Michigan. But it’s way more than a drop in the bucket.
LIQUID GOLD Lake Cd’A captures nearly half Idaho’s total lake real estate
North Idaho lakefront property is some of the most desired real estate in the Gem State. Lake Coeur d’Alene properties have the most million-dollar listings, according to a national real estate marketing group.
Go fish: Charter industry finds silent partner in local lakes
North Idaho’s relationship with the outdoors is more than a simple admiration of a natural phenomenon.
Don’t judge this bookstore by its cover
As a cool spring rain splatters the sidewalk, dots the windows and leaves a mist of spray fanning behind cars that race north and south outside, Jessica Harrison-Poteet arranges books.
INL, Idaho STEM Action Center support Idaho Youth Challenge Academy
In 2018, 6,328 STEM jobs went unfilled in Idaho, directly leading to $412 million in lost personal income and $22.4 million lost in tax revenue for the state. Fortunately, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the STEM Action Center (STEM AC) in the Idaho Governor’s Office and the Idaho Youth Challenge Academy (IDYCA) are working hard to prepare the state’s incoming workforce to be STEM-educated and STEM-inspired.