• Brower joins Keller Williams Cd'A

Phil Brower has joined Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene as a sales associate. Brower brings a background in the field of printing and graphics as he was the owner of Western Color Graphics for 22 years.

As a real estate agent, Brower is in the process of obtaining his CRS designation and specializes in property management and golf course properties. Brower attended SFCC for courses in commercial art and business. As a member of the community, Brower belongs to the Spokane Yacht Club as well as a local bowling league.

Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene specializes in residential, luxury, waterfront and commercial properties throughout the Inland Northwest. The company has more than 150 associates with offices in Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint. Each Keller Williams Realty Company is independently owned and operated.

• Comfort Keepers expands service

Comfort Keepers of North Idaho announced that it is now providing area seniors access to its private duty nursing services, further enabling North Idaho seniors to remain independent in their own homes as long as possible. Services range from personal care to oral medication setups, ostomy and catheter hygiene, administration of injectable medications including insulin syringes and care coordination with local home health and hospice agencies.

Clients who receive private duty nursing services from Comfort Keepers receive a personalized plan of care uniquely tailored to meet the individual's specific care needs and tools to chart desired client outcomes. Additionally, Comfort Keepers clients will have access to an online Web portal with access to their schedule, plan of care and direct communication to staff 24-7.

Comfort Keepers, operating since 1999 and locally owned by Kat and Jim Vercruyssen, provides services to Idaho seniors living in the state's five northern counties.

Info: www.comfortkeepers.com

• Little Joins The Courtyard at Coeur d'Alene

Pacifica Senior Living has hired Tara Little as their community relations director for The Courtyard at Coeur d'Alene. Little previously worked for Far West Agribusiness Association as the Administrative/Communications Assistant and currently serves as the treasurer for The Citizens for Coeur d'Alene Public Schools.

The Courtyard at Coeur d'Alene on Sherman Avenue is an assisted living retirement community and is privately owned by Pacifica Senior Living. The Courtyard strives to create a lifestyle of independence and peace of mind for each resident and their family.

• Ketchum Group awarded technical education contract

The Ketchum Group, a Coeur d'Alene training and education business headed by Robert Ketchum, announced that it has been awarded a contract to develop a strategic plan in support of the establishment of the Camas-Clearwater Technical Education Center, a professional technical school designed to meet the workforce needs of rural Lewis and Idaho counties.

The center will serve students from Cottonwood, Craigmont, Grangeville, Kamiah, Kooskia, Nezperce and Riggins. The school also plans to offer training services for North Idaho Correctional Institute student-offenders and adult workers.

Camas-Clearwater Technical Education Center will provide new learning and access to seamless career pathways aligned with north central Idaho industry needs.