Kootenai Health cuts 80 positions
The Coeur d'Alene Press reported the cuts Tuesday. Few other details are public yet.
Coeur d'Alene. File photo; we don't have our own photo of Kootenai Health yet.
Kootenai Health has cut 80 positions, the Coeur d'Alene Press reported Tuesday.
That is the number we can confirm so far. We have not seen a statement from the hospital that says which departments the cuts are in, whether they are people now on the job or openings that won't be filled, or why the cuts were made.
Kootenai Health runs the hospital in Coeur d'Alene. For most of its history it was a public hospital district in Kootenai County. It became a private nonprofit at the start of 2024.
We'll add the details here as the hospital shares them.
What we know
- The Coeur d'Alene Press reported Tuesday that Kootenai Health cut 80 positions.
- Kootenai Health has been a private nonprofit since Jan. 1, 2024.
What we don't know yet
- Which departments and jobs the cuts are in.
- Whether the 80 are people now working there or open jobs.
- Why the hospital made the cuts.
- What severance or help the people affected will get.
- How many people Kootenai Health employs in all.
Sources
- Coeur d'Alene Press: Kootenai Health lays off 80 positions · Nov. 10, 2026
- Spokesman-Review: Kootenai Health makes change from public-district hospital to nonprofit · Jan. 10, 2024
- Kootenai Health: New operating model · Accessed Nov. 10, 2026
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