Longtime North Idaho real estate agent Kelly Hanson says he has obtained a broker's license and is operating Your Next Castle Real Estate, a new independent agency, out of his Hayden home at 650 Peachtree Drive.Three other agents who have 15 of

Pool World Inc., a longtime Spokane Valley-based swimming pool contractor and multistore retailer, says it has bought a building about a half-mile east of its 4808 E. Sprague store and plans to move that outlet there in January.The newly at E.

Hospice of North Idaho says it has broken ground on a $4.2 million Hospice House facility in Coeur d'Alene.Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, is the contractor on the project, which will include a 14,000-square-foot structure that 10

James W. Elmer Construction Co., of Spokane, has started construction of a $1.1 million training tower for Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, in Post Falls, the fire district says.The five-story tower, with an attached two-story mock residential a

Spokane Mental Health has secured most of the funding it needs to construct a 14-unit apartment building that will house people with mental disabilities, says Spokane-based real estate firm Goodale & Barbieri Co., which is overseeing the Rogers, of

The Walla Walla Housing Authority has selected Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, as the contractor on an $8.5 million housing project near Walla Walla, Wash., says Jon Barter, a project manager for Walker.The project, to be called Walla will

Magner Sanborn Inc., a Spokane advertising agency, has moved into larger quarters downtown to accommodate its recent and expected growth, says Jeff Sanborn, a principal in the company.The agency's new address is 111 N. Post, in the Banner Bank a

Sunshine Health Facilities Inc., which operates the Sunshine Gardens skilled-nursing facility in Spokane Valley, says it has expanded its services to provide in-home skilled care throughout Spokane County.A new affiliate, Sunshine Home Health by

Windermere Coeur d'Alene Realty Inc. has launched the first phase of a planned 157-lot residential subdivision in North Idaho, says Jim Fox, an agent with the longtime Coeur d'Alene-based real estate sales and development company.The initial is