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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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Kittelson & Associates relocates to downtown

New space supports firm's engineering, planning team
July 30, 2026
Karina Elias

National transportation engineering and planning company Kittelson & Associates Inc. has relocated its Spokane office to the eighth floor of the Bank of America building, at 601 W. Riverside.



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LaunchPad INW nabs bioscience ecosystem grant

Nonprofit's InnovateINW initiative expands through partnerships, AI network
July 30, 2026
Karina Elias

LaunchPad Inland Northwest Foundation has secured a $100,000 grant as it expands its InnovateINW initiative to include partnerships, an AI & Cyber Network, and programming aimed at helping businesses adapt to artificial intelligence.



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Catching up with: Katie Lila, host of "Follow the Blooms"

TV show streams nationally with Season 2 now underway
July 30, 2026
Karina Elias

"Follow the Blooms," an eight-episode series that takes viewers behind the scenes at Inland Northwest flower farms and the floral installations made from their harvests, has started streaming nationally on PBS, with a second season already in production.




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Giving while living gains popularity in the INW

More donors choose to make charitable donations while alive, able to see results of their gifts
July 30, 2026
Karina Elias

Estate planning attorney Julie Olds says she is seeing a growing number of clients who don’t want to wait until they're gone to begin making a charitable impact. Instead, they are choosing to give during their lifetimes, allowing them to see the results of their philanthropy and involve family members in decisions about where their money goes.



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Valley awarded $21M for interchange project

Improvements will ease traffic at the busy junction
July 16, 2026
Karina Elias

The city of Spokane Valley has been awarded a $20.8 million federal grant to reconstruct the traffic-jammed interchange at Sullivan Road and Trent Avenue.



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Ruby Hospitality adds Cd'A hotel to portfolio

Group assumes 50% ownership of facility
July 16, 2026
Karina Elias

Spokane-based Ruby Hospitality has added Days Inn by Wyndham Coeur d’Alene to its real estate portfolio, marking the lodging, dining, and entertainment company’s entry into the community. 




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Catching up with: Joel Barbour, owner of The Great PNW

Spokane-based apparel company maintains key partnerships
July 2, 2026
Karina Elias

The Great PNW Inc. is on track to have its best year yet, as the Spokane-based apparel company continues to focus on improving company culture, expanding proven product lines, and increasing marketing reach, says owner Joel Barbour.



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Providence reorganizes behavioral health staffing

Meeting the needs of shifting population prompts restructuring
July 2, 2026
Karina Elias

As behavioral health patients at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center age and their medical needs grow more complex, the hospital is redesigning its staffing strategy for inpatient psychiatric services. 



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Sleepless nights inspire Spokane invention

Engineer develops sleep aid, gains sales traction in market
July 2, 2026
Karina Elias

SleepVibe Inc. has increased sales of its sleep aid device by more than 300% over the past year through podcast advertisements and support from sleep apnea doctors and first responders across the Inland Northwest who are discovering the benefits of the company’s namesake invention, says CEO and founder James Marsh. 



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Historic Sunshine Mine makes debut on NYSE

Idaho precious metals miner raises $270M IPO to fund operational restart by 2028
June 18, 2026
Karina Elias

Over 140 years since the Sunshine Mine opened in Kellogg, Idaho, Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Co. completed its U.S. initial public offering on June 4, raising $270 million. 


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