As sure as they know that the buds will come out on the trees in spring and the birds will start to sing, the folks who run Grapevine 7 know their customers will start finding their way back to their ...
Read More »RV park company is banking on baby boomers’ wanderlust
Northern Idaho aircraft maker sees recovery, slowly 
A northern Idaho aircraft company says it’s starting to recover from the damage that was done to its industry when three auto company executives flew to Washington, D.C. in private jets in 2008 to ask Congress for a $25 billion ...
Read More »Regulation of indoor tanning is unlikely in Idaho 
Despite high cancer rates, there is no regulation of tanning beds in Idaho for teenagers, nor any movement to do so, said Tom Shanahan, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Welfare. Questions about tanning facilities were included on ...
Read More »State’s lawsuit says Coeur d’Alene man owes investors millions 
The state of Idaho has filed suit against a northern Idaho man who allegedly stole about $1.3 million from seven investors over the last few years. Keith Mitchell of Coeur d’Alene is accused of violating the registration and anti-fraud provisions ...
Read More »Unemployment rate stable for third month 
Although Idaho saw a modest increase in jobs in February, the state still had four unemployed people for every job opening, according to the latest report from the state Labor Department. Idaho added about 2,000 private sector jobs, many in ...
Read More »Tanning crackdowns in other states could be good for Idaho salons 
Idaho could become a hotbed of tanning salon activity if surrounding states continue enacting laws that restrict their use. While Idaho doesn’t regulate tanning salons at all, there is a nationwide move to cut back on use of all tanning ...
Read More »Hecla could pay $263.4 million to settle pollution claim 
The company that has owned and operated the Lucky Friday silver mine in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District has offered to pay $263.4 million in cash and stock to settle a long-running pollution lawsuit with the state and federal governments ...
Read More »Ground Force Manufacturing to add factory space, hire 40 workers 
A Kootenai County company that makes mining industry equipment plans to build a new factory and hire 40 people to staff it within three months. Ground Force Manufacturing, which has 100 employees at a factory in Post Falls, will close ...
Read More »Senate panel votes down employer tax credit bill 
A Senate panel narrowly defeated a bill on March 1 that would have given companies a little extra cash as an incentive to hire more workers. The Senate Local Government & Taxation Committee voted 5 to 4 against the hiring ...
Read More »Plan would eliminate grocery tax, raise sales tax for two years 
A pair of state representatives hopes to eliminate the grocery tax but make $99 million for education by raising the sales tax by a penny. The proposal from Democrats Roy Lacey of Pocatello and Cherie Buckner-Webb calls for increasing the ...
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