The town of Blanchard, located on Idaho State Highway 41 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northwest of Spirit Lake was named for Joe Blanchard, an early settler who moved away to Kootenai Lake in Canada. Blanchard is 35 miles north of Coeur d'Alene and 40 miles south of Sandpoint, in North Idaho and has a post office with ZIP code 83804. R. C. Blackwell of the Panhandle Lumber Company, which operated sawmills at Spirit Lake, Idaho and at Ione, Washington, promoted the railroad, which came through Blanchard in 1908.
The average salary in Scotland has risen by 23% in the past five years, according to figures published today. Research by the Bank of Scotland revealed average earnings had gone up from Â£23,080 in 2003 to Â£28,296 in 2008 - an annual increase of 4.2%.
It said that in 2013, the people with the highest average wages were aged 38 years old and they earned Â£13.93 per hour typically, equivalent to an annual salary of nearly Â£26,000, for a 35-hour week.