The union participation rate in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area trails Washington state, but outpaces the nation as a whole, according to recently released data. At all levels, the rate of unionized workers has grown during the pandemic. In the Spoka

Work is underway on a $37.3 million expansion at Kootenai Health's primary hospital campus in Coeur d'Alene. The three-story, 21,000-square-foot addition will house an expansion of the hospital's heart center, which will grow to 13 operating rooms

Structural framing started at the beginning of March at the high-end townhome development known as The Nest On Lake Side, in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Measom Holdings LLC, a Houston-based development company, is developing the five-unit, $15 million

Construction of a long-planned North Idaho Veterans Home, in Post Falls, is expected to be completed in the fall, says Tracy Schaner, Idaho Division of Veterans Services deputy chief administrator, who's overseeing the project. The 83,400-square foot

On the heels of a $59.2 million state Route 41 expansion and improvement project that reaches from Post Falls to Rathdrum and is expected to be completed this year, the Idaho Transportation Department expects to begin construction on a $60 million to

Janice Jordan assumed her new role as CEO of Marimn Health earlier this month after about five years in leadership roles for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe-owned health care organization based in Plummer, Idaho. Having first joing Marimn in 2017, Jordan had

Freedom Boat Club of North Idaho will open in Kootenai County for the 2022 boating season, says franchise co-owner Brent Christian. Christian and his wife, Michelle, also own and operate Tobler Marina, a 15-acre dryland store that offers boat sales and

Solar Roadways Inc., a Sandpoint, Idaho-based developer of solar-power generating road panels, is working on a new prototype and is in contract negotiations with a potential manufacturing partner, says Julie Brusaw, company co-founder.