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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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2024 Rising Stars: Erin Peterson

Passion for sharing great finds leads to success
September 12, 2024
Karina Elias

In just a few years, Erin Peterson has built a popular multimedia platform that continues to grow, making her a 2024 Spokane Journal of Business Rising Star. 


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Seven INW companies make Inc. magazine's fastest growing list

Tractor Beverage leads other local companies in rate of growth, followed by Quiroga Law Group
August 29, 2024
Karina Elias

Seven companies in the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene area have made Inc. business magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the country.


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Orthopedic group opens new Valley surgery center

Second site for ambulatory procedures is completed
August 29, 2024
Karina Elias

Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists has opened a second ambulatory surgery center in Spokane Valley, which is dedicated to procedures that use interventional pain procedures. 


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Meet & Greet: Melissa Green, Vice President, Area Managing Director, Davenport Hotel Collection

August 29, 2024
Karina Elias

Melissa Green has become the Davenport Collection's vice president and area managing director, following a 26-year career in hospitality. In her new role, she hopes to staff the five-hotel collection to its pre-pandemic levels by 2025. 


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Paradigm of Idaho opens Coeur d'Alene office

Company helps owners select team for projects
August 29, 2024
Karina Elias

Paradigm of Idaho, a project management consulting company, has opened a satellite location in downtown Coeur d'Alene. 


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Spokane Transit starts Mirabeau Point station expansion

$4.2M project in Valley to be completed by year-end
August 29, 2024
Karina Elias

Site extension and improvements at Mirabeau Point transit station are underway and will set the stage for a new route that will extend service from downtown Spokane to the Spokane International Airport. 


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Manito home's historic exterior is under renovation

Homeowner returns four decades later to do more work on house
August 29, 2024
Karina Elias

More than 30 years after selling the historic Manito White House, Richard Palmer returns to the South Hill home to complete exterior renovation and restoration work on the property. 


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Wildland Cooperative grows closer to profitability

Regenerative agriculture, agroforestry practiced, while pouring beer and house wine
August 29, 2024
Karina Elias

In its third year, Wildland Cooperative has created a varied system that includes farming, brewing beer, blending wine, and events to draw in guests to the Green Bluff farm. 


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STCU agrees to acquire Oregon bank

Transaction will add 10 locations to the credit union's branch network, $550M assets
August 15, 2024
Karina Elias

STCU has announced plans to acquire an Oregon-based bank with a presence in Washington that would increase its assets to $6.4 billion and branch network to 49. 


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Parting Thoughts: Kurt Walsdorf, Bank of America Corp.'s Spokane/Boise market president

August 15, 2024
Karina Elias

Kurt Walsdorf spent his entire 40-year career with Bank of America serving the community was born and raised in. While he's retiring from his role as president for the Spokane/Boise market, he still plans to stay involved. 



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