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Karina Elias

Karina Elias

Reporter Karina Elias covers the banking and finance industry. A California native, she attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. Karina loves salsa dancing, traveling, baking, cuddling with her dog, and writing creative fiction and non-fiction.  

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Taylor'd Containers gets fired up

Concern finds niche market designing training props
April 24, 2025
Karina Elias

Taylor'd Containers has grown in a niche market of desinging custom training props for fire departments across the country. 


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WSDOT plans $1.4 remodel of transportation management office

Construction begins in early June, to be completed by year-end
April 24, 2025
Karina Elias

The Washington state Department of Transportation is planning a $1.4 million interior remodel of its traffic management center. 


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Work on second phase of River Landing at Mirabeau starts

$11 million apartment development to be completed next year
April 24, 2025
Karina Elias

The second phase of River Landing at Mirabeau is underway in Spokane Valley with plans to bring 68 residential units to the market. 


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Trump Bump?: Law schools see a big jump in applicants

Applicants to Washington institutions rose by 35%
April 24, 2025
Karina Elias

Applications to law school are surging, driving by economic factors and political events. 


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TOK Commercial Real Estate to expand into Spokane

Downtown office to be brokerage's first in Washington state
April 24, 2025
Karina Elias

TOK Commercial Real Estate is set to open its first Washington office in downtown Spokane this June. 


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The Spokesman-Review looks to move to nonprofit model

Cowles Co. to donate multi-generational owned paper
April 15, 2025
Karina Elias

The Cowles Company is donating The Spokesman-Review newspaper to Spokane-based Comma Community Journalism Lab, transitioning the business into a  nonprofit model. 


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Sandpoint company raises $8M in Series A funding

Gierd to use capital to speed up product development, with eye toward going public
April 10, 2025
Karina Elias

Gierd, a Sandpoint, Idaho tech startup, has secured $8 million in series A funding. 


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Parting Thoughts with Mike McLean, Journal of Business deputy editor

April 10, 2025
Karina Elias

Mike McLean, deputy editor of the Spokane Journal of Business, looks back on his 37 years as a journalist in the Inland Northwest. 


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Financial institutions warn about rise in scams

Artificial intelligence onset refines, grows grifter tricks
April 10, 2025
Karina Elias

Financial institutions are sounding the alarm on the uptick in cyber scams directed at businesses. 


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Anti-fraud effort makes rounds at retirement homes

Bankers talk with seniors about grifters, staying safe
April 10, 2025
Karina Elias

A trio of Washington Trust Bankers has launched a Senior Fraud Awareness workshop to educate older adults on scams and how to stay safe. 


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