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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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LaunchPad INW kicks off initiative inspired by Momentum '87

Dec. 4 event to honor legacy of collaboration
November 20, 2025
Karina Elias

Nearly 40 years since Spokane’s Momentum ’87 initiative rallied civic and business leaders around shared economic goals, a new generation of leaders is reviving that spirit, this time with innovation at its center. 


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Payroll Vault location opens in Coeur d'Alene

Services will complement entrepreneurs' existing tax preparation business
November 20, 2025
Karina Elias

Coeur d'Alene entrepreneurs Holly and Jay Matous, a married couple, have opened a Payroll Vault franchise location in Coeur d'Alene, at 852 W. Kathleen.




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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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S. R. Sicilia warehouse project underway in Hillyard

Trucking company builds a space to service vehicles
November 20, 2025
Karina Elias

Construction is underway on a new warehouse and office building for Spokane-based trucking company S. R. Sicilia Inc.




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A1 Truck Wash planned in West Spokane

$2.1M facility features three bays, waiting rooms
November 20, 2025
Karina Elias

Truck drivers hauling freight across Eastern Washington may soon have another place to stop, as work is set to begin on a $2.1 million A1 Truck Wash LLC facility just off Interstate 90 — marking the Pasco, Washington-based company's first expansion into Spokane County.



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Spokane advisers see upside of investing WA Cares funds

Diversified portfolio with mix of equities, bonds likely to be employed
November 20, 2025
Karina Elias

Spokane wealth advisers agree that when it comes to investing, a diversified portfolio is essential for long-term stability as it generally outperforms and protects against inflationary erosion. It’s that confidence in long-term growth that allows them to see the potential benefits of the state investing long-term care funds into a mix of assets, including stocks and corporate and government bonds.



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Spokane builder pushes for smarter, longer-lasting homes

Cameron Rippy advocates for early collaboration across industries
November 20, 2025
Karina Elias

Spokane builder Cameron Rippy believes good homes are built to last, not just through better materials but through better communication and collaboration across the industries tasked with their creation.


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Lodging comes to Silverwood

Individual cabins are envisioned next to a completed gas station, restaurant shell
November 6, 2025
Karina Elias

Just a few steps outside of Silverwood Theme Park in North Idaho, construction crews are building 18 luxury cabins — the second phase of a $13.5 million development that aims to bring higher-end lodging to an area long dominated by recreational vehicle parks and roadside inns.


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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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Kaiser completes $25M expansion at Trentwood

Project brings investment total to $415M over the last 20 years
November 6, 2025
Karina Elias

After a pause during the pandemic, Kaiser Aluminum Corp. is rolling forward again, finishing a $25 million expansion to its Trentwood rolling mill, the latest phase in the company’s long-term investments that have infused $415 million into the Spokane Valley plant over the past two decades.


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