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Catching up with: Jennyfer Mesa, executive director of Latinos en Spokane

Nonprofit grows business programs, legal department
December 4, 2025
Karina Elias

Latinos en Spokane, a nonprofit serving the Latino community, has continued to grow despite funding cuts and the country’s current immigration climate, in which the organization’s constituents are being targeted, says Executive Director Jennyfer Mesa.



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Catching up with: Ami Manning, executive director of Spokane Land Bank

Organization completes its first transfer of property, eyes statewide framework
November 20, 2025
Karina Elias

Spokane Regional Land Holding Properties LLC has sold its first property to an affordable housing developer and has a growing pipeline of projects, showing the organization’s model is beginning to take hold.


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Catching up with: Chris Pengra, executive director of S3R3 Solutions

Public development authority strengthens position to attract, retain companies
November 6, 2025
Karina Elias

Two years after taking the helm at S3R3 Solutions, executive director Chris Pengra says the public development authority has evolved from a fledgling group into a key player helping shape the West Plains into one of the Inland Northwest’s premier industrial hubs.


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Catching up with: Andy Johnston, president and principal engineer of Johnston Engineering

A new headquarters underway will help diversify a range of energy projects
October 23, 2025
Karina Elias

After securing two dozen U.S. Department of Energy projects, Spokane-based Johnston Engineering PLLC is expanding its footprint by building a new 11,500-square-foot headquarters on the West Plains and preparing to increase its staff as clean-energy work accelerates.



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Catching up with: Andrew Henry, CEO of Revival Tea Co.

Spokane company eyes Cincinnati, Ohio, expansion
October 9, 2025
Karina Elias

A year after setting out to build drive-thru tea shops in Arizona, Revival Tea Co. founder Andrew Henry is steering his company in a new direction — toward the Midwest.



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Catching up with former professional boxer Rick Welliver

Spokane Boxing Gym draws attention through youth success stories
September 25, 2025
Karina Elias

Every year for the past decade, Spokane Boxing Gym LLC has grown a little bigger, drawn a little more attention, and pulled in students from farther afield. For owner Rick Welliver, the numbers matter less than witnessing and being a part of the transformation of many of his students.


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Catching up with: Brian Jon Garvey, founder of Vata7 startup

Frogman turned entrepreneur finds next invention
September 11, 2025
Karina Elias

Brian Jon Garvey has come up with his next invention: a dual-propulsion fin system that could power Navy SEALs through the ocean at 15 mph, dubbed JetFinz. 


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Remembering: Larry Stanley, founder of Empire Bolt & Screw

Business and civic leader well known for character and community service
August 28, 2025
Karina Elias

Larry Stanley, founder of Empire Bolt & Screw, is remembered by friends and family for his integrity, diligence, and civic leadership. 


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Catching up with: Michaele Armstrong, executive director of Evergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster

Business incubator offers flexible terms for early-stage companies
August 14, 2025
Karina Elias

Evergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster has opened a 5,000-square-foot incubator in North Spokane—a tangible step toward a bigger vision for the region's life sciences future.


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Remembering health care executive Sarah Doxey

CHAS executive remembered as a servant leader who led by example
July 31, 2025
Karina Elias

Sarah Doxey, the health care executive who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in mid-July, is remembered by loved ones as a servant leader who led by example with vision and warmth. 


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