Business News

Want a federal contract? Here’s how to get started

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The last issue of the Business Journal of North Idaho shared sources for potential government funding for small businesses.

  • By SHOLEH PATRICK
  • September 27, 2022

NIA: Women of Impact in their words

'I' is for inspiration. But does inspiration matter much?
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The North Idaho Alliance, AKA NIA, kicks off the Women of Impact Leadership Roundtable, nine-month series and we start right out the gate with some of the region’s top leading ladies.

  • By MARILEE WALLACE/Special to BJNI
  • September 27, 2022

A career of connection

CEO Heidi Rogers celebrates 20 years with Northwest Council for Computer Education
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Geographically, the Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE) has helped integrate technology and the internet in classrooms from Avery to Anchorage. In the early days, NCCE members used Palm Pilot portable computing devices to conduct their work in the early days. CEO Heidi Rogers has been along for much of this journey.

  • By DEVIN WEEKS/BJNI Writer
  • August 30, 2022

Get talking

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Talk to at least 10 people for five minutes every day. Conversations you have in the course of your work with co-workers and customers don't count. Leave your desk, your cubicle, your division or department and just go talk to people you wouldn’t normally chat with. Tell them what’s going well for you in your work and talk about the challenges you’re dealing with. Ask them how they’re doing. Then listen.

  • August 30, 2022

Idaho Travel Council announces annual grant awards

More than $9.4 million awarded for tourism promotion
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During its meeting held in Pocatello at the end of July, the Idaho Travel Council granted $9,492,795 in tourism marketing funding to nonprofit organizations through the Idaho Regional Travel and Convention Grant Program.

  • By BJNI Staff
  • August 30, 2022

North Idaho man among 11 charged in $300 million crypto Ponzi scheme

A Kootenai County man is one of 11 people charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for their roles in creating and promoting Forsage, an allegedly fraudulent crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that raised more than $300 million from retail investors worldwide, including in the U.S. Ronald R. Deering of Coeur d’Alene was charged by the SEC, along with six others from other states, with violating the registration and anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws.

  • August 30, 2022

Inventory management in a post-COVID economy

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Financial crises are inevitable. On average, we experience an economic crisis of varying size and scale every seven years.

  • By SAMANTHA DASCOMB/Special to BJNI
  • August 30, 2022

Want free business funding? Ask the feds

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We tend to think of government as “they,” when in reality it’s “we.” We fund it and we comprise it. So why not get returns on our taxes more directly? For small businesses and startups, the federal government provides opportunities to do just that in the form of contracting and grants. In fact, federal and state government agencies (the latter includes federal funds funneled through states) are among the biggest distributors of business grants. Navigating that world may seem intimidating, but getting a payday makes it worth the effort for entrepreneurs and small businesses ready to grow.

  • By SHOLEH PATRICK
  • August 30, 2022

Making moves

Businesses and people taking on new challenges in Kootenai County
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Businesses and people taking on new challenges in Kootenai County

  • August 30, 2022

CdAEDC/Jobs Plus annual meeting on Sept. 7

Focus will be 'Building for the Future'

The Coeur d’Alene Economic Development Corporation/Jobs Plus, Inc., has scheduled its annual meeting on Sept. 7. "Building for the Future" is the theme of the meeting scheduled 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

  • August 30, 2022

Business community can still thrive

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Hello fabulous Business Journal of North Idaho readers!

  • By CHRISTINA PETIT/Post Falls Chamber
  • August 30, 2022

Goodbye August!

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It is well-known that August is the hottest month of the year in the northern hemisphere.

  • By ANDREA FULKS/Hayden Chamber of Commerce
  • August 30, 2022

Idaho’s July unemployment rate shows slight increase to 2.6%

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According to Help Wanted Online, there were 63,010 online job postings in Idaho during July, equating to 2.6 job openings for every unemployed Idahoan looking for work.

  • August 30, 2022

NIA — Women of Impact in their words: How to market to women who shop

(It’s OK. I like to shop too!)
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The North Idaho Alliance, AKA NIA, wants you to know it’s OK to admit you like to shop.

  • By MARILEE WALLACE/Special to BJNI
  • August 30, 2022

A business built on tradition

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Fire Iron Forge keeps blacksmith craft alive and well in Rathdrum

  • July 26, 2022