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NORTHERN IDAHO – Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai & Shoshone Counties
Kootenai County
- MetalQuest Unlimited, a precision machine manufacturer based in Nebraska, has chosen Post Falls for its new manufacturing facility. The company, which specializes in precision production for clients in oil, agriculture and firearms manufacturing, expects to begin production at its new Post Falls facility by the end of January, with roughly 25 employees at first. Source: Coeur d’Alene Press
- Health care providers in Kootenai County have received the first batches of COVID-19 vaccine and have begun vaccinating frontline medical staff. Source: Coeur d’Alene Press
- The JC Penny in the Silver Lake Mall is now slated to close in the spring after being included in the company’s recent list of planned store closures. The store had been an anchor tenant of the Silver Lake Mall and was the last remaining JC Penny in North Idaho following the previous closures of stores in Lewiston and Ponderay. Source: Coeur d’Alene Press
- The Post Falls City Council approved the purchase of a $415,000 parcel of riverfront property, which was the final privately held plot in the Post Falls Water Treatment Facility’s easement to the Spokane River. The parcel is expected to be acquired in anticipation of a future expansion of the city’s wastewater treatment capacity. Source: Coeur d’Alene Press
OPENINGS
Coeur d’Alene
- Boho West
- Daybreak Coffee
- Sushi I
- CK Barrel Room
- 208Nutrition
- 208Massage
- Inland Northwest Veterinary Dentistry & Oral Surgery
Hayden
- American Kickboxing Academy.
- MiQuelle’s Natural Bath.
- Mode Salon.
Post Falls
- Family Dollar.
- Jitterz Espresso.
- Hardwick & Sons Hardware.
Sam.Wolkenhauer@labor.idaho.gov, regional economist
Idaho Department of Labor
(208) 457-8789 ext. 4451