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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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Credit union CEOs lead during era of growth

Once-small financial organizations emerge as business community leaders in the INW

February 2, 2023

Karina Elias

Leaders of Spokane Valley-based Numerica Credit Union and Liberty Lake-based STCU are helping grow and shape the influence of their respective financial institutions in the Inland Northwest. Ezra Eckhardt, president and CEO of STCU, says that while the

Meet & Greet with HSSA's Erin Williams Hueter

February 2, 2023

Karina Elias

At the start of the year, Erin Williams Hueter began her duties as the new executive director of the Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County, taking over for the organization's founding director, Susan Ashe.

Post merger, AgWest Farm Credit embraces change

Cooperative on mission to improve customers'efficiency, sustainability

February 2, 2023

Karina Elias

AgWest Farm Credit, the newly formed agricultural lending association, will focus its resources to enhancing its agricultural customer-owners' access to technology, which will enable them to modernize their growing methods and deliver efficient and

City to put $9.9 million toward pedestrian-related projects

Sidewalk improvements, traffic-calming work set

January 19, 2023

Karina Elias

The city of Spokane is planning about $9.9 million in sidewalk and traffic-calming projects throughout the city this year, says Marlene Feist, Spokane's director of public works. Seven sidewalk projects are valued at $6.3 million and about a dozen

Outdoor storage yard planned on West Plains

Company seeks conditional-use permit for project

January 19, 2023

Karina Elias

Pacific Land Holdings LLC, of Everett, Washington, plans this spring to build an outdoor recreational vehicle and automobile storage yard, to be located at 12032 W. 21st, in Airway Heights. Environmental documents show commercial buildings totaling 90

Parting Thoughts with Numerica Credit Union's Lynn Ciani

January 19, 2023

Karina Elias

Lynn Ciani, chief risk officer and general counsel for Spokane Valley-based Numerica Credit Union, retired from a 40-year career in law and banking on Jan. 2. Ciani grew up in Southern California and received a bachelor's degree in political science

Northwest Farm Credit, California co-op complete merger

AgWest to be based here, serve seven-state region

January 19, 2023

Karina Elias

Spokane-based Northwest Farm Credit Services and Rocklin, California-based Farm Credit West have completed their mergers and created a new financial cooperative association, AgWest Farm Credit. The merger, finalized Jan. 1, completes a year-long

SRM Development expands scope, staff, revenue

Spokane-based company focuses on multifamily, senior-living projects in large Western metros

January 19, 2023

Karina Elias

SRM Development LLC, a Spokane-based development and construction company that typically takes on projects far from home, has been steadily growing over the past few years. The 24-year-old company added SRM Interiors LLC in 2017, and an affordable

Refocusing The Black Lens

Spokesman-Review editor teams with Williams family with goal to relaunch paper

January 19, 2023

Karina Elias

Before Sandy Williams' tragic death in a plane crash last September, the social activist, entrepreneur, filmmaker, and executive director of the Carl Maxey Center planned to relaunch The Black Lens newspaper this February.

HUB Sports Center envisions $24 million expansion

Plans call for youth sports fields, courts, other facilities at Liberty Lake complex

January 19, 2023

Karina Elias

Liberty Lake-based HUB Sports Center is planning a $24 million facilities expansion, says Phil Champlin, executive director of the nonprofit sports venue. Champlin says plans for development are still in the early phases, and details will be

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