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Catching up with Shaun Cross, Maddie's Place president and CEO

Nonprofit receives nationwide interest, positions itself as parent organization
February 12, 2026
Karina Elias

Last April, Maddie’s Place President and CEO Shaun Cross was worried the Spokane-based neonatal transitional care facility might not secure $2 million from the Washington State Legislature to continue operating. To help prevent a potential closure, the organization launched a social media campaign. The campaign not only helped raise additional funds but sparked national interest, with groups in more than 30 states now exploring how to bring a Maddie’s Place-style facility to their communities.



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Catching up with Tina Gordon, Ketamine Clinic of Spokane co-owner

Medical facility maintains constant demand, raises price of treatment for first time
January 29, 2026
Karina Elias

Amid ongoing political, social, and economic uncertainty and tumult, demand for ketamine infusion therapy at the Ketamine Clinic of Spokane LLC has remained steady as patients seek tools to manage depression, anxiety, and emotional overload, often compounded by collective stress.



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Catching up with Patrick McHail, AAMMC Tech Hub director

Consortium denied federal funding, plans to seek other opportunities
January 15, 2026
Karina Elias

Last month, the American Aerospace Materials Manufacturing Center Tech Hub reapplied for federal funding through the U.S. Department of Commerce, seeking $39 million that would help establish a national test bed for next-generation aerospace prototypes in Spokane.


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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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