BMC follows its customers to the prairie

Relocating the business to a more strategic location to serve its customers, BMC (Building Material & Construction services) is leaving 505 W. Kathleen to its new place at 8228 N. Huetter Road (off Prairie Avenue).

The company offers all residential and commercial building materials such as lumber, sheathing, EWP products, exterior/interior doors and millwork, siding, trusses, windows and decking.

More than 30 years old, the BMC company has 106 locations in 19 states with its headquarters in Raleigh, N.C.

When opening here, hours will be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Manager is Randy Hoff. Phone 208-664-9104. Check www.BuildWithBMC.com.

Rebel Junk opening at 2424 N., Fourth

Offering one-of-a-kind finds and creations from the road and its vendors, Rebel Junk Shop will open its flagship store in the former Runge’s outlet building at 2424 N. Fourth St. The opening date will be announced at the Rebel Junk Holiday Market event Friday and Saturday at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds.

Founder Dixie DeRoucher started the business in 2012 in midtown Cd’A and has operated traveling markets with her husband, Brent, and daughters Savannah and MaKenna. They are working on the expansion of traveling markets, a new website and future locations.

The new store here will open later this year. Check www.rebeljunk.com.

North Idaho Online Auction in Post Falls

Taking consignments and selling them on the auction site, North Idaho Online Auction opens Tuesday in Tedder Properties at 4290 W. Riverbend Ave. in Post Falls.

The business will auction furniture, household items, car parts, antiques, collectibles, jewelry, coins and more, but not firearms or cars. The cost is a flat 20 percent commission with a 13 percent buyer’s premium and 3 percent discount for cash.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Phone 208-625-9287. Check www.nionlineauction.com.

FirstLight Home Care opens on Ironwood

Delivering non-medical home care to people who need companionship and help at home, FirstLight Home Care has opened in Suite 4 at 916 W. Ironwood Drive.

They help adults with disabilities, those recovering from illness, injury or surgery, and those over the age of 18 who need extra assistance with many needs from errands, transportation and household tasks to individual needs such as bathing and personal hygiene.

The mission is to deliver exceptional, compassionate care so those who are served may age with comfort, dignity and independence in the place they call home. Matt Zastrow and Brad Leggat own the location that serves all of North Idaho. Operating since 2010, FirstLight has more than 250 locations in more than 30 states.

Office hours here are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays with a 24-hour phone line. Phone 208-277-9319. Check www.FirstLightHomeCare.com.

And now for the Tidbits

- O’Shay’s Irish Pub and Eatery evidently has closed on Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive.

- Trails End Brewery and Extensions Beauty Mafia will be at 350 W. Bosanko (next to Mattress Firm).

- A new Maverik store is being built at Highway 41 and Mullen in Post Falls.

- A “coming soon” sign for Flame & Cork is on new construction on Government Way in Hayden.

- Alpine Animal Hospital (now on Best Avenue) is building a new place on Kathleen west of Mango Tree.

- Iron Pizza Co. will be at 104 Best.

- A sign on property in the northwest corner of U.S. 95 and Wyoming Avenue says “Equipment Hayden” and “Landlocked Marine.”

- Inland Botanical Body Bar is in Suite 8 of River City Center, 900 N. Highway 41, Post Falls.

- Black Lodge Brewing will be at 204 N. Third St.

- Shiki Sushi Bar & Japanese Grill will be at 221 Sherman.

- The Broker Sinclair Team of Keller Williams Realty CDA will move to 1052 W. Mill Ave.

- Coeur d’Alene Paving and CDA Redi Mix are building a new place at 3110 N. Government Way.

- Union Gospel Mission is planning a thrift store on the west side of Government Way (almost to Prairie Avenue) between Pawn 1 and First Interstate Bank.

- STCU will open a branch in Rathdrum later in the year.

- A Wake Up Call Coffee place will be in the former Taco Time area at 2517 N. Fourth.

- The new Bakery by the Lake will be on Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive.

- Aesthetica Skin & Beauty Bar will be at 1113 E. Sherman. Holaday & Co. with soaps and lotions will be at 1109 Sherman.

- AutoZone is building a new place at Highway 54 and Sylvan Lane in Athol.

- A new pub-eatery will open next to Vertical Earth on East Sherman.

- A Burger King is under construction at 3827 N. Ramsey (just south of Kathleen).

- Coeur d’Alene Vision Source will move from 850 Ironwood to a new building at 3879 N. Schreiber Way in December.

- A new building for Idaho Central Credit Union is under construction at 1327 W. Appleway.

- Bi-Mart will open a new store in the former Stein’s Family Foods building at 16102 N. Highway 41 in Rathdrum.

- Offering sweet gifts and boxed chocolates, the holiday pop-up shop See’s Candies will open Thursday through Dec. 26 in Silver Lake Mall. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 to 6 Sunday. Phone 208-719-6002. Check www.sees.com.

- The former Burger King building at 216 Appleway has been sold to another fast-food vendor. Rumors are it’s Carl’s Jr., which would move.

- The new Hardwick Hardware is under construction at 3820 E. Mullan in Post Falls.

- A new place on the northeast corner of U.S. 95 and Lancaster will be a Golden Glo Coffee Shop.

- Watch for an interesting development just north of the Government Way Safeway. The developers already have put in a cool water feature and evidently plans to have a coffee stand, car lot and rock shop.

- In Google websites, the biggest cities in the U.S. are: 1-New York (8.1 million people), 2-Los Angeles (3.7 million), 3-Chicago (2.6 million), 4-Houston, 5-Phoenix, 6-Philadelphia, 7-San Antonio, 8-San Diego, 9-Dallas, 10-San Jose. Seattle is 18th with 608,000, and Portland is 25th with 583,000.

- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.